After the Meiji Reformation Japan gradually came to be ruled by a semi-fedual and semi-military fascist group.They regarded their emperor as the incarnation of a god and vainly attempted to rule the whole world.When the world economic crisis started in 1929,Japan was also affected with surplus products,low prices and unemployment.As a way out,the Japanese fascist ruling class cllaimed to establish "New Orders in East Asia" and "the Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere",starting intrusion in other countries for raw materials and markets.

Emperor Hirohito--the image of Japanese Fascism---From an Illustrated History of World War 2

Japanese monks in Echizen Nagahira Temple involved in military training.

Japanese teenagers receiving fascist military training.---From[Japan]The History of showa of 100 Million