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The document outlines the rise of Japanese imperialism, starting from the military government of the Bakufu and the Tokugawa Shogunate, through the Meiji Restoration which modernized Japan. It details significant conflicts such as the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, leading to Japan's expansion in Asia and involvement in World War II. The document also discusses Japan's colonial methods and the responses of various Southeast Asian nations to Japanese occupation.

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AP MT #4

The document outlines the rise of Japanese imperialism, starting from the military government of the Bakufu and the Tokugawa Shogunate, through the Meiji Restoration which modernized Japan. It details significant conflicts such as the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, leading to Japan's expansion in Asia and involvement in World War II. The document also discusses Japan's colonial methods and the responses of various Southeast Asian nations to Japanese occupation.

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Bakufu (Shogunate)

●​ Military government system headed by a shogun.


●​ The shogun held the most powerful position in Japan from 1185 to
1868.

Tokugawa Ieyasu & Tokugawa Shogunate

●​ Tokugawa Ieyasu: Founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate.


●​ Enforced policies to suppress Western influences in Japanese
society.
●​ Concerned about Catholic influence and Daimyo (landlords)
profiting from trade with Europeans and Chinese.

Meiji Restoration (1868)

●​ In 1853, the U.S. sent four warships led by Commodore Matthew


Perry to Edo (Tokyo).
●​ Technology and modernization advanced due to foreign influence.
●​ Emperor Mutsuhito centralized power again.

Conscription Policy

●​ All men were required to undergo military training and serve for 7
years.
●​ It was forbidden to wield Katanas in public.

Wars and Conflicts

Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

●​ Led by samurai resisting modernization.


●​ Carrying katanas was prohibited after the rebellion.
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)

●​ Rebellion against the Joseon Dynasty in Korea.


●​ Korea sought help from China's Qing Dynasty.
●​ Japan occupied Seoul in 1894.
●​ War revealed China’s military weaknesses and Japan’s modernized
military strength.

Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895)

●​ Japan became the most powerful country in East Asia.


●​ China recognized Korea’s independence.
●​ China ceded Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan, and Penghu Islands to
Japan.
●​ China paid 200 million silver taels in war indemnity.
●​ Japan gained trade access to the Yangtze River.

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

●​ Japan attacked Russia’s naval fleet at Port Arthur and Manchuria.


●​ Battle of Tsushima (1905): Russia sent its Baltic fleet but was
defeated.

Treaty of Portsmouth (1905)

●​ Peace must be maintained for three decades.


●​ Japan occupied Korea.
●​ Russia agreed not to attack Japan.
●​ Japan returned Sakhalin Islands to Russia.
●​ Russia was not required to pay reparations.
Japanese Expansion & WWII

Occupation of Manchuria (1931)

●​ Japan’s economy suffered from the Great Depression.


●​ Lacked natural resources, leading to invasion of Manchuria.
●​ Japan spread false claims that Chinese revolutionaries blew up
Japanese train tracks as justification for invasion.

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

●​ A Japanese guard went missing in Wanping, escalating tensions.


●​ Japan captured Shanghai and later attacked Nanking (Nanjing).
●​ Chinese forces united:
○​ Kuomintang Party (Chiang Kai-shek)
○​ Chinese Communist Party (Mao Zedong)

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (GEACPS)

●​ Japan promoted "Asia for Asians" as a slogan.


●​ Intended to assert Japan’s dominance over the region politically
and industrially.

Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)

●​ Marked Japan’s entry into World War II.


●​ Allied Powers: United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China.
●​ Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan.
●​ American and Filipino troops retreated to Bataan; Manila was
declared an open city.

Bataan Death March (1942)

●​ Captured soldiers were forced to march to Capas, Tarlac under


brutal conditions.
Japan’s Military Administration (JMA) in the Philippines

●​ Puppet government led by Jose P. Laurel.


●​ Japan encouraged Filipinos to reject American influence.
●​ Policies included:
○​ Food shortages.
○​ Inflation (rising prices of goods).
○​ Shortage of sugar.
○​ Printing of Japanese currency.

Japanese Rule in Southeast Asia

Indonesia

●​ Romusha (forced labor conscription) continued.


●​ Political organizations were banned.
●​ The Indonesian national anthem ("Indonesia Raya") was prohibited.
●​ Japan worked with Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta toward
Indonesian independence.
●​ Promoted Bahasa Indonesia and Nihongo as official languages.

Myanmar (Burma)

●​ Aung San founded the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League


(AFPFL).
●​ Worked with British forces to expel the Japanese.

Vietnam

●​ France allowed Japan to use railway systems.


●​ Japan declared Vietnam independent and installed Bao Dai as
emperor.
●​ Americans supported the Viet Minh Party in resisting Japanese
occupation.
Japanese Colonial Methods

Philippines Indonesia, , Myanmar, and Vietnam

Filipinos fought against the Supported the arrival of the


Japanese. Japanese as their temporary response
and later on desired true freedom
for their country.

-​ Establishment of puppet governments


-​ GEACPS with the tagline “Asia for Asians.”
-​ Exploitation of the population and natural resources
-​ laborers for military infrastructure, forced cultivation of cash crops
-​ Did not solve the socio-economic challenges
-​ Provided opportunities for elites to be part of the government

Responses to Colonial Order

Myanmar Indonesia Vietnam Philippines

Aung San and After the war, Viet Minh led Hukbalahap (Hukbong
the Burmese Sukarno was by Ho Chi Minh Bayan Laban sa
continued their labeled as a cooperated with Hapon), a communist
pursuit of freedom. collaborator. the Americans and guerilla group that
to oust Japan. rebelled against Japan.

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