GERMANY JAPAN
... Japan and Germany were ready for war. This essay will compare and contrast Japan¡¯s and Germany¡¯s goals in World War II. Japan was having problems in the government system. ... As fascism spread in Europe Japan also moved toward a similar system (Modern World History pg 431). When the great depression struck in Japan the government was blamed. Military leaders were now leading Japan; the militarist made the emperor the symbol of the state power.