The Qing Dynasty of China and the Meiji of Japan fought over the possession Korea. After less than one year of fighting and consistent and decisive Japanese victories, the first Sino-Japanese war ended with Chinaâ??s acknowledged loss and surrender.
This war was known popularly as the First Opium War was fought between the UK and China, with the aim of securing economic benefits from trade in China.
Because Japan drank all their 4 lokos.
Mineral wealth.
1st Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895.
Because Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and then declared war on the U.S.A. which in theroy, while not justifying anything, made every action of Japan illegal - a war crime.
They did and were a centerpiece of why Japan thought it was the right time to go to war. Check out the link.
China
Be more specific and if you mean in WWII that would depend if you count China
Italy
Japan went to war with many countries. In the Sino-Japanese war, they went to war with China. Japan invaded Taiwan in 1985. In the Russo-Japanese war, they went to war with Russia. In World War I, they were a part of the Allied Forces and battled against Germany and Russia. In World War II, they sided with the Axis powers, against The US, Britain, France, and other smaller Western European countries.
from west to east
Tokyo.
No, many countries in modern times tried to take pieces of China, and Japan invaded as part of World war 2, but China has always been China unless you go back to ancient times when there were several independent kingdoms and empires in the land that is now called China.
Possibly one quarter, if that. Japan had a lot of conquering to do. China's big, and when an army conquers a land, they must leave some troops their to "police" it. So Japan had to leave an "occupation" army in china (approximately one million men), and go else where to conquer more territory, with the men that weren't staying in occupied Manchuria.