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Empire of Japan

Wikidata · Q188712

Active span

1894 – 1945

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The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the period of Japanese history spanning 79 years, starting with the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868, and ending with ratification of the Constitution of Japan on 3 May 1947. From August 1910 to September 1945, it included the Japanese archipelago, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan. The South Seas Mandate and concessions such as the Kwantung Leased Territory were de jure not internal parts of the empire but dependent territories. In the closing stages of World War II, with Japan defeated alongside the rest of the Axis powers, the formalized surrender was issued on 2 September 1945, in compliance with the Potsdam Declaration of the Allies, and the empire's territory subsequently shrunk to cover only the Japanese archipelago, excluding Okinawa until the handover in 1972.

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Where they fought

24 of 24 plotted

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When they fought

24 battles · 3 wars

Battle of Jiuliancheng — October 24, 1894 · First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Lushunkou — November 21, 1894 · First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Pungdo — July 25, 1894 · First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Pyongyang — September 15, 1894 · First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Seonghwan — July 28, 1894 · First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of the Yalu River — September 17, 1894 · First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Baguashan — August 27, 1895 · Japanese invasion of TaiwanBattle of Changhsing — November 26, 1895 · Japanese invasion of TaiwanBattle of Chiatung — October 11, 1895 · Japanese invasion of TaiwanBattle of Chiayi — October 9, 1895 · Japanese invasion of TaiwanBattle of Keelung — June 3, 1895 · Japanese invasion of TaiwanBattle of Weihaiwei — January 20, 1895 · First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Yingkou — March 4, 1895 · First Sino-Japanese WarPescadores Campaign — March 23, 1895 · First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Chemulpo Bay — February 9, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of Korsakov — August 20, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of Liaoyang — August 25, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of Motien Pass — July 17, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of Nanshan — May 24, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of Port Arthur — February 8, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of Shaho — October 5, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of Tashihchiao — July 24, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of Te-li-Ssu — June 14, 1904 · Russo-Japanese WarBattle of the Yellow Sea — August 10, 1904 · Russo-Japanese War1894190019101920193019401945

Most active in 1904 — 10 catalogued battles.

Battles

24 engagements

Commanders of Japan

79 catalogued

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Related factions

Allies, adversaries, and co-belligerents

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