Summarize how the Great Depression affected Japan. It brought in a flood of immigrants desperate for work. It severely damaged foreign trade, on which Japan depended heavily, creating great economic hardship. It led the government to launch a host of programs to assist the unemployed and the poor in general. It forced the Japanese government to borrow heavily from foreign governments.
The Great Depression severely impacted Japan by causing a flood of immigrants seeking work, damaging foreign trade, creating economic hardship, leading to government programs to assist the unemployed and poor, and forcing the government to borrow heavily from foreign governments.
