Most definitely, Yes, they toured the world.
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To eliminate the US from interferring with their plans of conquest in the Pacific and Asia.
The Philippines contained large US bases that had to be taken, in order for Japan to fulfill their plans of conquest.
For the military; preparations (plans) to combat Japan.
Soviet offensive plans controversy happened in 1941.
that is what i heard
Because the USA stopped supplying Japan with oil, hoping to discourage Japanese expansion. So Japan had the choice of war with the USA or abandoning plans of expansion. What went wrong on the day (December 7th 1941)? Well it was a surprise attack and it worked.
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Stopping the flow of raw material had much to do with Japan's plans for conquest and war.