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Eli5: What was Japan's end goal in WWII?

Hitler wanted to take over the world and implement the master race.

What was Japan's end game? And why would they align with Hitler knowing they would be targeted for extermination?
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> Hitler wanted to take over the world and implement the master race.

No. The closest thing he had to an end-goal was to depopulate what is today Eastern Europe and settle German farmers in their place. He also wanted a negotiated peace with Britain that left Germany the dominant European power. The "master race" stuff was just to motivate his people.

> What was Japan's end game?

Similar to Hitler. They wanted to group the Asian countries into the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, which would effectively make the rest of Asia Japanese colonies. Japan wanted this because they have few natural resources in their home islands. They needed rubber, oil, coal, and other resources to industrialize.

>  why would they align with Hitler knowing they would be targeted for extermination?

They were not. Hitler considered them "honorary Aryans".