The changes are as follows: The Showa Constitution replaced Meiji Constitution after Second World War which promoted the democratization of Japanese politics. The emperor had supreme status and divine rights according to Meiji Constitution. However, under the post-war Showa Constitution, the emperor becomes only a symbol of the state. In addition, the legislative, executive and judicial powers (before the war)were vested in the emperor but after the war such powers were transferred to the Diet, the cabinets and courts. The post-war local administrative reforms mainly strengthen the local autonomy including the expansion of district autonomy, jurisdiction of local assembles, the public election system of Chief district executive officers and enhancement of residents’ right in political participation.
. The Spanish-American War of 1898 and the desire for the United States to have a permanent presence in the Pacific both contributed to the decision. Naval presence Following the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the United States Navy established a base on the island in 1899. In 1941, the base was attacked by the Japanese military. Over the years, Pearl Harbor remained a main base for the US Pacific Fleet after World War II along with Naval Base San Diego.
Through successful civilian administration, the Islands were modernized and the nation prepared for eventual independence. President Theodore Roosevelt established a naval base in the Philippines at Subic Bay in 1901. By establishing this naval base in the Philippines, Roosevelt viewed it as a critical strategic asset in opposition of Japan's growing military. This Naval base also provided a key opportunity to trade with China, who had just come out of isolation. China had many natural
With Japan growing their powers and repeating breaking the truce, United States made a decision to cut off oil and war supplies to Japan. Japan was United States number one importer for oil and war goods. It was a plan United States regrets. On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces struck American fleets in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan had formed alliances with Nazi German and Fascist Italy, forming the Axis Powers.
They lost the battle, and Britain’s rule over India strengthened. India’s physical effort to keep out Europeans did not succeed. However, Japan did not use physical methods to resist western control. Japan took pride in their unique culture and did not want any foreign influence in their society’s development. Eventually Western styles spread to Japan, but they did not adapt fully or completely change their culture.
Ethnic Institutions “The Japanese,” according to a standard sociological source of the 1920s, “are the most efficiently and completely organized among the immigrant groups.” Some of these organizations can be classified as social, religious, economic, or political, but most were multifunctional. The most known of the organizations for Japanese Americans is the Japanese American Citizens League, formed in 1929 and is the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization. The Japanese American Citizens League was founded on the focus of protecting the civil right of Americans with Japanese ancestry, but today are committed to protecting all segments of the Asian Pacific American community. The Japanese American Citizens League
The main specific objectives of the Japanese aim at attacking the US were to destroy the US Pacific Fleet which prevent them from interfering when Japan conquered Dutch East Indies and Malaya, take all Asia’s land back because US could not detain Japan from doing so, fortify Japan against US counter attack, negotiate peace treaty with US from position of strength in 1 year with continued cost of US human lives with Japan and in 6 months be conquered and to deiver a major blow to American morale ultimately discouraging US from entering war. Japan’s hope of achievement and how was the oil embargo signed by President Roosevelt which crippled Japanese expansionist drives severely and 9/10th of oil source was cut off by the US. The Japanese Empire’s control of the Pacific would force US to establish favorable terms in resuming oil imports thus a decision to handle this manner was annihilate American’s military
Nimitz directed a small but more skillfully maneuvered carrier force which was crucial in America’s victory, the battle of Midway along with the victory in the Coral Sea halted Japan’s juggernaut, Japan’s “victory disease” had overextended them and led to their downfall Island Hopping Strategy- how America won the war in the Pacific, American forces would cross a great distance by going on short voyages from island to island, the American forces won each island as they progressed and eventually it led them to mainland Japan Potsdam Conference- Truman met with Stalin and British leaders and issued an ultimatum to Japan, you must either surrender or be destroyed, American bombers showered the warning on Japan by dropping tens of thousands of leaflets but there was no sign of Japenese surrender. America had Albert Einstein up their sleeve for he had been crucial in developing the atomic bomb, which was originally intended for Germany, Japan refused to surrender and the threat of destruction was fulfilled when America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 180,000. August 6,
This was the beginning of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In response to this embargo the Japanese attacked the Dutch East Indies an oil rich territory. After the embargo was enforced Japan started planning their attack on the United States. Even though an attack was being planned for months, it wasn’t until November 5, 1941 a plan for attack was approved, even though both sides haven’t fought yet Japan was at war. Tensions rose after November 26, 1941 when Secretary of State Cordell Hull gave a final proposal to Japan to withdraw troops from China, and French Indochina.
Tarawa was the first American offensive in the critical central Pacific region, and was essential in moving our forward airbases close enough to reach Japan. It was also the first time in the war that the United States faced serious Japanese opposition to an amphibious landing. Previous landings met little or no initial resistance. The Japanese defenders on Tarawa were dug in, well-supplied , well-prepared and had survived the