After the stock market crash prompted tough times in Japan, a. public support mounted for increasing the size of the military because it was a source of jobs. b. the new emperor, Hirohito, abandoned plans to expand Japan’s colonial holdings. c. rural peasants begged the country’s leaders to industrialize. d. the country’s nationalists wanted more liberal foreign policy to entice global investor’s to Japan. e. the power and influence of the zaibatsu in the government increased.