Why did Japan want to control Southeast Asia? Southeast Asia was an important source of raw materials. Southeast Asian countries lacked central governments. Southeast Asia had a lot of farmland. The Japanese wanted to navigate the Mekong River.

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14 July, 14:48

Why did Japan want to control Southeast Asia? Southeast Asia was an important source of raw materials. Southeast Asian countries lacked central governments. Southeast Asia had a lot of farmland. The Japanese wanted to navigate the Mekong River.

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Puddles · Answer 1

Answer: The answer is:

Southeast Asia was an important source of raw materials.

Explanation:

The real purpose of colonization was to secure resources. In the case of Japan - a regional, industrialized power with a lack of natural resources - this meant imperialism.

They needed access to strategic bases and raw materials to sustain their imperial objectives.

Japan had several objectives as part of its militaristic in the 1930's. These objectives of an aggressive foreign policy aimed at establishing Japanese hegemony in the Far East and Pacific.