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Submit ReviewJapan licked her wounds after the humiliation of the Triple Intervention. She channeled her energies into a massive industrial and military expansion.
She turned that against Russia in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904/05. Japan declared war against Russia over the Korea and Manchuria, China issues. Japan had an ally this time: England. This alliance kept the remaining European powers at bay.
Japan quickly defeated Russia both on land and sea. With the help of United States President Theodore Roosevelt, the two nations settled their differences. The Treaty of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) (1905) ended the conflict.
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