Describe the debate over Greater Japan vs. Lesser Japan. In this context, explain Japan’s continental policy. Articulate how the West’s containment policy
and Japan’s economic recession fanned the flames of ultra-nationalism and militarism in the 1920s. And discuss how the Japanese government used ultranationalism as the ideological instrument to wage its China War and justify war atrocities. Finally, offer your brief assessment of the Japanese “empire
building project.”
