This week we dive back into the the second part of our multi--pronged series on a question we ask you to consider with us-Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941? In this first part, we go back to the year 1853(the year that U.S. naval commander Commodore Perry showed up at Japan's doorstep and forced Japan to open up) to 1941 and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. We look at the history and see Japan's race to catch up to U.S. power seemed to put it on a collision course with ever-expanding U.S. global influence.