Because we were at war with them
Wake, Guam, The Philipines, Indonisia, Australia, India, China, Burma, just to name a few.
He withdrew our troops from Europe because they were needed to defend Australia from the attacking Japanese forces in the Pacific
The Australian division in Malaya-Singapore was surrendered to the Japanese forces. The Japanese Navy moved south and bombed Australia. It was not threat of war, it was war because Australia had army, navy and air forces as part of the British defences of the South East Asian territories which Japan was attacking and taking over.
The Japanese planned on attacking the Aleutian Islands to combat the "island hopping" strategy that Douglas MacArthur was using in the Pacific Ocean.
None. The Japanese attacked the Americans.
Yes, Prime Minister Tojo was in favor of attacking the United States.
The reason the Japanese didn't attack Western Australia was because they had limited troops and attacking that far away would stretch out there army and weaken them up north in the Pacific. The Japanese knew that Western Australia was un defended but they couldn't risk stretching there army that far. Resource: United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific) Naval Analysis Division Interrogation of Japanese Officials VOL 1 (pg 28)
The attack on Pear Harbour happened because the Japanese thought that the Americans was planning on attacking the Japanese.
Nothing, really. The Japanese were attacking China, and were mad that we were offering The Chinese aid.
The Japanese migrated to Australia in the 1880s and 1890s. Before 1866, it was illegal for Japanese people to leave Japan. It was considered a capital offense.
there are two possible answers to this question, its answers rely on individual opinions. Some say that the battle at Kokoda saved Australia from future invasion by showing the Japanese we would not back down and would fight for our country. The other answer was that the Japanese were not planning on attacking Australian territory because they were too involved with the Americans. They also believe it didn't save Australia but instead caused the loss of thousands of Australian soldiers.
Prior to 1880, it was a criminal offence for Japanese to leave their homeland. Thus, the Japanese did not begin to migrate to Australia until the 1880s, when they began to arrive as workers for the pearlers in Western Australia.