Self-Preservation Japan Territorial Ambitions

The need for self- economy was the motivating force behind lacquers territorial reserve ambitions. In my opinion,self-preservation refers to the preservation of Japans territories as well as the achievement of self-sufficieny(autarky). Thus, I obtain that Sources B,C and D support the statement while Sources A and E do not. Source B supports the hypothesis. It states the dickens reasons why Japan went to war and is reli able because it is a report of the Japanese government conference held in 1941.Source B states that Japan will seek to contribute a solid basis for security and preservation of the nationand advance south. This shows that Japan wanted to protect its territories like China and sought to establish its military so that it could conquer more territories for more natural resources to reduce reliance on separate countries . Also, Japan needed to establish a solid basis for security so that it could protect itself from outside threats. Japan felt that in order to be m ore personnelful, it needed to conquer more territories and go on its current territories.To Japan, power was the key to self-preservation and thus, in order to satisfy its need for self-preservation, Japan became hungry for power and this ignited Japans territorial ambitions. Source B also states that Japans important reason for expanding its territories was the policy that resulted in the establishment of the Greater eastside Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Thus, I can extrapolate from Source B that Japan conquered other territories because it wanted to achieve self-sufficiency.From my contextual knowledge,Japan established the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on the pretext of wanting all the economies in East Asia to prosper together. However, Japans main aim was to control the economies and trade and at the same time, the countries natural resources. By doing so, Japan was able to gain more natural resources for its growing industries and population as well as use the so uth-east Asian countries as overseas markets for Japanese goods. Hence,I feel that Source B shows that the motivation behind Japans territorial ambitions was its need for self-sufficiency.