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> We were preparing for war for some time
> before 1941, and we went to war in 1941,

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The United States imposed economic sanctions against the Japanese and
refused to trade and actually began a blockade against them, limiting
their oil supplies. Oil supplies crucial to the Japanese expansionism
that began during the Meiji Restoration and Industrialization period.
There had already been at least 10 different attempts by the Japanese
to resolve the dispute with the United States through diplomacy.
Finally in the summer of 1941, remember the war in Europe has been
going on for almost 2 years, a new Prime Minister takes over in Japan.
Hadjka Tojo.
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America was actively participating in an economic war against Japan (in
support of China) for quite some time before Japan decided to
retaliate.