1. NAME 5 COUNTRIES THAT JAPAN HAD TAKEN OVER BY 1942

Explanation:

Hokkaido – since 1869 (Unification of three prefectures in 1886)

Kuril Islands – 1875–1945 (Since the conclusion of Treaty of Saint Petersburg)

Ryukyu Islands – 1879–1945 & since 1972[1]

Nanpō Islands – 1891–1945 & since 1968

Taiwan – 1895–1945

Minami-Tori-shima – 1898–1945 & since 1968

Karafuto (South Sakhalin) – 1905–1945

Kwantung Leased Territory – 1905–1945

Korea – 1910–1945

Shandong – formerly of German Empire – 1914–1922

b)

it created free trade throughout the colonial territories.