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When Grover Cleveland was president it was said that he opposed annexation of Hawaii, ignoring the calls from the Hawaiian government that there were fears that Japan would annex the islands if the US showed no interest. Was there ever any legitimate threat of Japan wanting to annex Hawaii?

by /u/thegreattreeguy in /r/AskHistorians

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