What was Japan’s imperialism quest about?

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The Sino-Japanese war marked the successful beginning of Japan's imperialist ambitions because it demonstrated its power and increased its influence in Korea. However, Russia had its own aspirations in China and Korea and protested against the acquisition of the Liaodong Peninsula by Japan.

Japanese government turned expansion into a systematic goal, for security, national pride, resources for industrialization, settlement of overpopulation, and markets for manufactured goods. These goals were often intertwined.

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