Japan+During+the+Great+Depression

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**Japan During the Great Depression**

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//This article is about the world's state of severe economic problems during the 1930s and how Japan avoided the worst of it. For other uses, see [|Depression (mood)].//

The Great Depression was this period of time in which lots of countries suffered financially, and a lot of people didn't have much fun because of it. But Japan's awesome and made the most of it and made due by conquering other places, and they had this really smart guy named Takahashi to come up with some great ideas to help out with this little pickle.

** Background **

During the early 1920's, Japan was Asia's leading industrial and trading power, being a producer and exporter of many manufactured materials and other goods, such as silk that was spun in factories.

In 1920, Japan took over the Mariana and Caroline Islands as mandates. These mandates served to expand Japan's colonial empire, and Japanwas the only Asian power at the time to even have an empire.