Why Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Answer 1

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor because they wanted to control the Pacific Ocean.
The Japanese purpose was to destroy Pearl Harbor to make the Americans force less, useless and purposeless. The outcome resulted in the opposite.
So that US would surrender and not fight back in WW2.
Essentially, the Japanese attack the US Navy at Pearl Harbor so that the United States would not be able to interfere with Japan's expansion in the Pacific. While the attack slowed the US response, it did not prevent intervention.

Answer 2

After World War One the treaty limited countrie's militaries. Japan was upset because they were not allowed as many as the US and the other Powerhouse nations. They thought we were out to limit their power, and our relationship with them worsened.

Answer 3

Here is a link that clearly states why japan attacked pearl harbor:

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/why-did-japan-attack-pearl-harbor.html

AnswerThere were a number of contributing factors, but most importantly the U.S. had placed an embargo on oil and steel shipments to Japan. This hurt their economy a lot. The wanted to expand their their base in the Pacific. But, the U.S. has the most powerful Naval fleet in the world, much of which was based at Pearl Harbor. They wanted to cripple the U.S. fleet before beginning other military actions.

Answer 4

The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour in the hope of destroying the American fleet, and prevent America from interfering in the Japanese invasion in Asia. Instead, it brought America directly into the conflict. Though many ships were damaged or sunk, with a huge loss of life, the aircraft carriers were at sea and safe.

Answer 5

The Japanese were under the assumption that the United States were a pleasure-chasing nation with a weak morale that would crack under the pressure of a Pacific island-hopping war. The intention behind the attack at Pearl Harbour was to deal a huge blow to the US Navy, the destruction of which would lead to the surrender of the United States.

Answer 6

Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to prevent the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and those of the United States.

Answer 7

Japan knew that if Pearl harbor destroyed, USA could give up and never fight one another because Japan seemed to be coward of USA or can't even faced USA to fight with so he sailed towards pearl harbor and destroyed it thinking that USA will not involve in any war later because of losing it harbor.

Answer 8

They wanted to destroy ships and planes that threatened their expansion efforts.

Answer 9

It was because they wanted oil and rubber the united states was stopping them

Answer 10