Why did Japan want to conquer Asia?

Answer 1

Japan is a group of relatively small islands that is not rich in resources. Their military campaign was that one of expansion. They coveted the resource rich Mainland of China and the isles of the Pacific.

A hundred years before the war officially began they had invaded and conquered Korea, and were in the process of annexing it completely as a japanese province.

The japanese empire had justified it's actions as preparing the whole "Greater Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" (which is what they planned on naming their abomination of an empire) for an eventual european expansion. By "civilizing" the natives of the islands and extracting their resources, the japanese imperialists believed they would secure a resource base to keep their country prosperous and growing.

Answer 2

German victories in Europe had encouraged the Japanese to try to seize all the poorly protected French and Dutch lands in Asia. To prepare for all this, Japan planned to seal off the Burma Road, the Allied supply route for China. The United States responded with an embargo on all trade with Japan. This eventually led to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Answer 3

Japan wanted to secure its empire in the Far East, and get the United States out of the Pacific Ocean regions. They never expected or planned to conquer the US; they wanted to get them to pull back.

Answer 4

because japan thinks they are the best in conqering