Bold expansion
Claiming territory
A rising empire
Colonial policy
Assassinations
An empress dies
Provocations
Intrigue and occupy
Without warning
Lack of Declarations
As warfare fulfills
Industrial ambitions
Securing reserves
With merciless repressions
Vast raw materials
Obtained by submission
The annexation
Of KoreaPrepare for invasion
Rich Manchuria
Illegal province
Unrecognized by 
ChangThe Kwantung army
Challenges the 
Kuomintang
Head for war!
September 19th1931 
Incident at 
MukdenFatal explosion
Sealing world's karma
A war's detonation
Off to war!