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The Japanese did not hate Americans or America. Many in their leadership did despise Americans, thinking them soft. They attacked Pearl Harbor as the opening of a necessary expansion to acquire direct control of Natural Resources in the Asia Pacific region, especially in the Philippines (which were a US colony at the time). Additionally, pressure from the US and elsewhere was limiting their commercial access and they were deeply involved in a war in China for which resources were needed.

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