In order to avoid losing both its foreign sources of rubber,tin,rice,scrap iron and liquid fuel,Japan decided it must

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Japan believed that it needed to seize much of Southeast Asia in order to secure its sources of rubber, tin, rice, scrap iron, and liquid fuel. Additionally, it saw the United States' Pacific bases as a potential threat and wanted to neutralize them through an attack. Therefore, both options A and B were seen as necessary by Japan. Japan did not make arrangements with France and the Soviet Union to get oil and steel, so option C is incorrect. Option E is partially incorrect since Japan did not make arrangements with France and the Soviet Union, so it is not a valid answer.

In Order to Avoid Losing Both Its Foreign Sources of Rubber,tin,rice,scrap