Cadet life at Japan's Millitary Academy.Occasionally a Japanese politician, or soldier slips, and mentions the war in the Pacific as merely the first battle in a 100 years war for Japanese domination of the world.Here is the Jap programme so far: ***** 1931: Japan seizes Manchuria in defiance of League of Nations.1937: North China war.1940: Economic sanctions imposed on Japan by US, Britain, Netherlands.1941: Japan attacks US Fleet at Pearl Harbor before declaring war. September 01, 1939. (Photo by Japan Photo Library).