1) Japan expanded into Korea and Manchuria in the early 1900s seeking new markets and resources as well as to demonstrate its strength to Western powers. 2) Japan allied with Britain in 1902 due to shared interests in countering Russian expansion, and defeated Russia in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, gaining control of Korea and influence in Manchuria. 3) Rapid modernization and industrialization created social and economic problems for Japan, and its military grew more influential in politics seeking to establish Japanese dominance in Asia.

1. CHAPTER 20 Section 1: The British Empire in the Postwar Era Section 2: Turkey, Persia, and Africa Section 3: Unrest in China Section 4: Imperialism in Japan Section 5: Latin America Between the Wars Nationalist Movements Around the World

2. SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan Japanese Expansion How Why alliance with Great Britain war with Russia Treaty of Portsmouth Bell Ringer 20.4: What were some of the methods and reasons for Japanese expansion?

3. Dancing the foxtrot. Listening to jazz. Playing baseball. This was Japan in the 1920s …. SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan

5. Korea and Manchuria SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan Japan wanted Korea … The Japanese also wanted Manchuria but Russia stood in the way …

6. SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan 1902 ~ Anglo-Japanese Alliance … what would bring GB into an alliance with Japan? The threat of Russian expansion. Japan is now playing with the BIG DOGS! Russia is pressured to withdraw …. And refuses to answer Japan’s demands.

7. Political Cartoon Imperialism in Japan Japan to the Great Bear, Chicago Tribune , January 6, 1904

10. Visual Source Imperialism in Japan President Teddy Roosevelt was asked to broker the peace between Russia and Japan. The Portsmouth Treaty ended the Russo-Japanese War – 5 Sept 1905.

11. SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan The treaty eliminated Japan’s competition in Manchuria. It forced the other powers to respect Japan’s strength. When Japan annexed Korea in 1910, none of the other Imperialist powers protested.

12. Problems of Modernization SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan In less than fifty years, Japan went from a feudal agricultural society to one of the world’s leading industrial and military powers. This leap created problems for the island nation.

17. SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan The Japanese military believed that Western nations could never treat Japan as an equal. The military insisted on a return to traditional Japanese values. They called for a larger army and navy to support a Japanese “Monroe Doctrine” = Asia for Asians with JAPAN as the controlling power.

18. SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan Keep It Up Russia , Brooklyn Eagle , February 2, 1904

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23. SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan A Hard Feat with Those Clothes On , Chicago Tribune , February 6, 1904

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27. SECTION 4 Imperialism in Japan Japanese Expansion How Why alliance with Great Britain support against Russia war with Russia take Russian control in Korea Treaty of Portsmouth end of war, gave Japan control in China and Korea