Why was japan so successful in expanding its territory in 1942

The main reason was joining the Axis Powers, which earned them territory.

    Several regions of Asia and the Pacific Ocean were European colonies or possessions, such as Indochina, Vietnam's former name, then a French possession, Indonesia, then Dutch possession, and Singapore, then English possession. Japan wanted to follow the example of the European colonialist powers.

    When Hitler began his war in Europe, the Japanese found an opportunity to transform these European colonies in Asia and the Pacific into Japanese colonies. So while England, France, and the Netherlands were very busy with the problems caused by Nazi Germany, Japan took the opportunity to conquer the territories in which it was interested.

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the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]