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- Japan’s Grab For Natural Resources
- They invade Manchuria in 1937
- Sphere of influence across the Pacific (Greater East Asian Co-prosperity sphere
- Coal, iron and rubber in Dutch east Indies
- Indo-China, Taiwan, Mainland China, Philippines and Solomon Islands all captured
- The Americans boycott the oil to Japan in 1941
Summary:
When Japan invaded Manchuria it influenced the pacific. Coal Iron and rubber were in the Dutch Indies. Many islands were captured because the Japaneses needed the resources. The Americans Boycotted oil to the Japanese.