Japan's wartime economic boost and access to British trade and technology networks supported its naval development. Japanese industry supplied British-pattern weapons to Russia and participated in an international network of finance, commerce, and naval technology. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance let Japan draw on imperial trade and technical exchange while building its own capabilities. After the Washington system changed those relationships, Japan faced persistent bottlenecks in resources, education, infrastructure, and the pace at which it could expand its industrial base.
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An improved economy with hard industrial limits
Post-1918 Japan gained trade, industrial, and technological opportunities, but it still lacked the resources and infrastructure to outbuild Britain or the United States.