How did Japan acquire the natural resources needed for industrialization before the Great Depression?

Japan had very few of these raw materials. Instead, the Japanese traded for raw materials to fuel their factories and make their products.

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explanation:

after the success of the sputnik launch in 1957, the us feared that they would not be able to send satellites to space.

their earlier attempts of building and sending a spacecraft failed miserably, and the soviets successfully did it. it gave rise to the era of cold war.