why did japan invade southeast asia
2 big reasons. first, the Japanese had almost no natural resources. Rubber, tin, iron, et cetera are found in abundance in SE Asia, but not in Japan.Japan wanted an empire, and empires need resources. strongly condemn Japanese atrocities during the War. A Japanese artillery shell permanently blinded my grandfather and killed many of his unit on Papua New Guinea in 1942. Nevertheless I hope this explains why the Japanese invaded southeast Asia.