In World War I, Japan entered on the side of the Allied Powers and picked off Germany's colonial empire in the Pacific Ocean.
This was probably the high-water mark of Japan's acceptance by the Western powers prior to 1945.
And to this point, Japan had really acted exactly as the various European colonial powers had.
Since the plates fold upward, large mountain ranges will form.
There are many ocean currents that take warm water up to London, thus warming the air there.
