Origins of Japanese Foreign Policy

Sent by U.S to Japan in 1853 to demand open trade

Modernized Japan after taking control in the 1860s

Brokered a treaty between Russia and Japan in 1905

Instituted several liberal reforms to Japan in the 1920s

leader of China’s Guomindang Nationalist Party

Sent a letter to Japan, demanding it open ports to U.S. trade

WWI alliance that included Russia, France, UK, US, and Japan

WWI alliance that included Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

First global cooperative organization; formed after WWI

Pro-Bolshevik forces that fought in Russia’s Civil War

Anti-Communist forces that fought in Russia’s Civil War

Communists who took over Russia’s government in 1917

Led the Bolshevik takeover of Russia’s government in 1917

Czar of Russia, overthrown during the revolution in 1917

Began when China sent troops into Korea; 1894-1895

Germany, Russia, and France revised Japan’s treaty with China

Over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea; 1904-05

Began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia; 1914-18

Resulted in the fall of the czar and the rise of Bolsheviks; 1917

Conflict over communism between Reds and Whites; 1918-21

Meeting of victorious Allies at the end of WWI; Jan. to June 1919

Conflicts between China and Britain from the 1830s to 1860s

Conflict between Communists and Nationalists; 1927-1950

Granted Germany territory in China and Pacific to Japan; 1919

use of naval intimidation to get imperialist demands met

china gave Taiwan and other mainland rights to Japan in 1895

restricted relations between Japan and foreigners; 1600-1800s

arrangement made in 1902 to shield Japan from interventions

eneded russo-japanese war, gave Korea and south Manchuria to japan

claims made by Japan to special privileges in China in 1915

passes in 1925 to suppress political opposition and communism

ended japan’s isolationism in 1854 and opened ports to the US

agreements to preserve peace in Pacific and East Asia in 1920s

loyalty to nation-state which surpasses all other interests

maintenance of a military to promote national interests

relatively powerless hereditary leadership position in japan

supreme general of the emperor’s army, i.e., military dicator

policy of extending a country’s power/influence over another

a powerful military or warrior caste in Japan, 1100s to 1800s

obligation to compensate the loss incurred by the other party

reorganization of economy for the purpose of manufacturing

coastal cities in china and Japan forced to open to foreign trade

claim by a state to exclusive economic control over a territory

a weaker state that is partly controlled by a stronger state

stereotype of east Asians as a danger to the western world

pursuing greater global political or economic cooperation

a political legislative body or a formal deliberative assembly

practice of managing foreign relations through negotiations

feudal lords that dominated japan from 1100s to late 1800s

the right to vote

restrictive practice of importing; amount and location limited

the belief in unity for all ethnic peoples of the Ural Mountains

all the people in a country or region who are entitled to vote