Her victories in the Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese
War enabled Japan to gain territories from both China and Russia. However, Japan suffered economic problems as
a result of the Great Depression. Due to
the weakness of the parliament, ultranationalist took over the government and
began an imperialistic campaign in Asia that would lead to World War II.
Well there's no simple answer to this; the French and English have had a long history of discord- they weee at war for a hundred years after all!
A very bloody victory for the Union.