After taking control of their government during the Great Depression, Japan's military leaders closed the country off from the rest of the world.
planned a campaign of aggressive expansion.
negotiated trade agreements with nearby countries.
O implemented democratic reforms, such as elections.

The Great Depression was to prove fatal for the Republic. The Weimar political parties were unable to deal with the socio-political crisis caused by the Depression, and this led people to seek their salvation in Communism and Nazism, and this led to the death of the Republic, after only a 15-year existence.