DAY 10-Identifying Factors

that Led to Philippine

Colonization of Japan
Learning Objectives:
 
1.Identify the objectives of Japan for invading the country.
2. Discuss the events in the Philippines during World War II.
Why did the Japanese
colonize Philippines?
 Causes of Japanese
Colonization in the Philippines
1. Japan wanted to compete with
Western imperialism
2. Japanese expansionism
3. It wanted to become the
leader of Asian nations
4. Raw Materials
Outbreak of War
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 JANUARY 2, 1942
• Ma

Manila was fully subjugated by the Japanese. General

Masahora Homma announced the end of the American
occupation.
APRIL 10, 1942

• DEATH MARCH
 October 14, 1943
• The Japanese Sponsored Republic was inaugurated
 August 1, 1944
• Quezon died due to tuberculosis. Sergio Osmena assumed
the presidency
October 20, 1944- Aguinaldo returned to the
Philippines
“I shall return”
 August 17, 1945
• President Laurel formally dissolved the Second
Republic
 September 2, 1945
• The official surrender of the Japanese
Impact of Japanese Occupation To the Philippines
 
• Japan promised to grant the Philippine Independence so long
as it cooperates and recognizes Japan’s establishing of a
“Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.” The Japanese,
thus allowed the establishment of the Philippine Republic on
October 14, 1943.
• The occupation led to economic hardships. Because of
scarcity of food, those who lived in the cities evacuated to
the provinces. Production was limited.
• Japanese sought the support of Filipino elites to legitimize
and win popular support in running the government.
 Impact of Japanese Occupation To the Philippines
 

• Some Filipinos collaborated with the Japanese for the continuation of

their leadership; as a means of survival; as a patriotic duty to protect
their fellow Filipinos from the harsh polices of the Japanese;
• Guerilla groups emerged because of brutality and destructions of
Japanese occupation
• (e.g. HUKBALAHAP)
• Some Filipina women were made sex slaves (“comfort women”)
• The brutality of the occupation made many Filipinos appreciate the
Americans. 
•The worst war in our country was the second world war (1941- 1945).
It was also the worst war in the world. The war started and the Japanese
invaded the Philippines. They occupied the country for three (3) years,
1942-1945.
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GENERAL NICOLAS CAPISTRANO AND
HIS WIFE
APOLINAR
VELEZ
Captain Vicente Roa Y Racines