United states declared trade war on them, the united states and its allies banned trade to japan in ww2 forcing them to expand and conquer for resources, japan is a small island with little resources in the first place, it mainly gets said resources from trade and these trade bans forced it to expand to gain resources but before that they had already begun to expand because even with trade they still needed resources
Jesus intercedes for people in Heaven to save them and ensure their place in Heaven. Just because he died doesn't mean that he stopped taking care of people. According to the bible, he's now in heaven and is protecting any new soul that might come there.
Ibn Battuta. He was a medieval Moroccan Muslim Scholar and traveler and has a crater on the moon. He is known as the worlds greatest traveler.<span />