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The 1940 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 132,164,569, an increase of 7.6 percent over the 1930 population of 122,775,046 people. The census date of record was April 1, 1940.
The Japanese government's firm and voluntary endorsement of the security treaty and the settlement of the Okinawa reversion question meant that two major political issues in Japan–United States relations were eliminated. [112] But new issues arose following the so-called "Nixon Shocks" of 1971. [112]
February 15, 1907: To reduce tensions between the two nations, Japan and the United States reach an informal Gentlemen's Agreement addressing Japanese immigration to the United States. August 22, 1910: Under the Treaty of 1910, the Japan formally annexes Korea. 1912: February 14: Arizona is admitted as the 48th state to join the union.
Population density map of the Empire of Japan (1920) Population density map of the Empire of Japan (1940) 1920 Commemorative stamp for 1st national census of the Empire of Japan Japanese policemen circa 1875 Jiichiro Matsumoto, a Japanese politician, leader of the Burakumin liberation movement Native Micronesian constables of Truk Island, circa 1930 Photograph of Atayal men in 1900
1940: Roosevelt is elected as President of the United States for a third term with 54 percent of the popular vote. [ 14 ] August 18, 1941 : Michigan representative John D. Dingell, Sr. suggests in a letter to President Roosevelt that 10,000 Hawaiian Japanese Americans should be held as hostages to ensure "good behavior" on the part of Japan.
Japan reacted by forging an alliance with Germany and Italy in 1940, known as the Tripartite Pact, which worsened its relations with the US. In July 1941, the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands froze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments—Japan had little oil of its own.
The Hull note, officially the Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan, was the final proposal delivered to the Empire of Japan by the United States of America before the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and the Japanese declaration of war (seven and a half hours after the attack began).
In the United States, reporting on the Japanese bombing of Chinese cities was particularly negative. This, combined with the general perception of Japanese threats to peace in Asia, contributed to 73% of general public in the United States opposing the export of military supplies to Japan in June 1939. [ 5 ]