Japan: Changes Japan has been a society that has believed that they are the "divine" race, selected to rule the world. Japan has always had the problem of not having the resources or land capacity needed for supreme power. While being located on the Pacific Rim of Fire,they are trapped living on a small, crowded island dominated by mountains, and yet have tried as best they could to achieve supremacy. They have tried military control by trying to make the East Asia Co- Prosperity Sphere, and by trying to economically surpass all other nations. Japan as a whole, has changed a great deal in the past 52 years