1. The documentary explained that the increase of population led to the eager to colonize other territories. And in order to make a disciplined army, the Japanese soldiers were educated with concept that the emperor was God. So, the soldiers felt that killing and beating others was reasonable and justified, and they did not hold any compassion toward the victims because they believed what they were doing was right.
2. The Japanese professor Hata claimed that the number of women being used as "comfort women" should be 20,000 instead of 200,000 which textbooks said. However, Professor Hata's claim was false due to the confirmation of various resources. For example, in the document "Japanese Comfort Women" says that "The Japanese army forcibly recruited, conscripted, and dragooned as many as two hundred thousand women age fourteen to twenty to serve in military brothels, called “comfort houses” or 'consolation centers.'"The numbers that other sources mentioned were also way more than 20,000.
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4. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan sought to colonize other territories such as Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria for the benefit of its own. With the Twenty-One Demands created in 1915, Japan tried to convert China into a Japanese colony. In order to prevent US intervention of the war, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and destroyed the USA Pacific Fleet, which eventually caused US to declare war against Japan. "The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" was found after the war. It claimed that Central Asia, Indian Ocean Asian countries and Pacific Ocean Asian countries need to form a union and there should be no European Control. And Japan should lead the East Asiatic Union. Japan planned to drive out Westerners in South Asia and South East Asia through wars.
1. "The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" is a plan that the Japanese made in attempt to unify East Asian countries against European powers.
2. Gradually, the Japanese wanted to eliminate Western influence and dominate East Asia instead of only getting materials. Both Japan and other European countries wanted to become the most powerful countries.
2. The Japanese professor Hata claimed that the number of women being used as "comfort women" should be 20,000 instead of 200,000 which textbooks said. However, Professor Hata's claim was false due to the confirmation of various resources. For example, in the document "Japanese Comfort Women" says that "The Japanese army forcibly recruited, conscripted, and dragooned as many as two hundred thousand women age fourteen to twenty to serve in military brothels, called “comfort houses” or 'consolation centers.'"The numbers that other sources mentioned were also way more than 20,000.
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4. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan sought to colonize other territories such as Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria for the benefit of its own. With the Twenty-One Demands created in 1915, Japan tried to convert China into a Japanese colony. In order to prevent US intervention of the war, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and destroyed the USA Pacific Fleet, which eventually caused US to declare war against Japan. "The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" was found after the war. It claimed that Central Asia, Indian Ocean Asian countries and Pacific Ocean Asian countries need to form a union and there should be no European Control. And Japan should lead the East Asiatic Union. Japan planned to drive out Westerners in South Asia and South East Asia through wars.
1. "The Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" is a plan that the Japanese made in attempt to unify East Asian countries against European powers.
2. Gradually, the Japanese wanted to eliminate Western influence and dominate East Asia instead of only getting materials. Both Japan and other European countries wanted to become the most powerful countries.