What was Japan's reaction to the League of Nations protests?

In an attempt to avert World War 2, the League of Nations, which served as the model for the United Nations, was established following the conclusion of World War 1.

The League adopted a resolution against Japanese interests in response to the Japanese annexation of a large portion of Manchuria in Northern China in 1931; the Japanese withdrew as soon as the resolution was passed in February 1933. The League produced a report criticizing the Japanese actions in China.

Because Japan believed it had as much right to this acquisition as any other Imperial power, including Britain and the United States, and because the Russians had already taken Manchuria and they had defeated them in 1905, they felt that the seizing of the region was appropriate. Japan also withdrew because they believed they were being treated unfairly at the League and by the Western Powers.

Japan believed that its population required more land, and that their imperialistic actions had given them access to that land.

One could argue that this was where the long descent into World War 2 started.

John D. Clarke's website, league of nations6_news.htm