Among other things such as the us expansion into the pacific and the oil embargo. But holy shit, love learning about history not taught in schools, very eye opening.
Among other things such as the us expansion into the pacific and the oil embargo. But holy shit, love learning about history not taught in schools, very eye opening.
This wasn't Japan trying to do the right thing - I mean they were literally hiring Americans to set up the same kind of schools to assimilate the Ainu that they had run for Native Americans at the exact same time - it was them trying to score points on the diplomatic stage to integrate themselves with the more powerful West.
Do you really think a country that was actually serious about racial equality would join a war on the side of the Nazis 20 years later? Come on