The mountains in Japan effect the country hugely. The mountains take up around 75% of the land. This meant that the people could only live on the sides of the land. If there were no mountains in...
The climate affects Japan as it would affect any country. Frequent rains may cause flooding and/ or erosion, etc.
Japan became a modernized imperial power.
the stock market crashed, and banks went broke
it gave them an easy opportunity to attack undefended colonies of south east Asia