Question

Japan wanted to expand its borders and looked for nations to colonize. In 1896, Japan convinced KoreaTaiwanRussia to open its ports to trade with Japan. However, China controlled much of Korea’s trade. This conflict led to the Russo-JapaneseSino-JapaneseIndo-Japanese War. Japan emerged victorious in this war. It captured part of Manchuria,Myanmar,Singapore, which had been under Chinese occupation.

Answer 1

Fought from 1904 to 1905 the war pitted Russia against Japan in battle over Manchurian china Roosevelt aided in the negotiation of peace treaty in the interest of maintaining the balance of power in far east an area recently opened to Americans business trough the open door policy.