Joseph Stalin was a brutal and sometime merciless leader who had powerful, unmoving visions for the USSR. Men were in high demand for industrial jobs during this time.
The name given to Gorbachev's policy of political openness was called "glasnost." This usually meant a sort of openness or transparency for politics, such as that the press and the public could attend court hearings and that the sentence would be read out in public.
The ruler of Japan invaded to secure his legacy and make sure he was remembered I believe.
