State

Empire of Japan

empire in the Asia-Pacific region from 1868 to 1947

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1868–1945
Founded
1868
Ended
1947
Capital
Tokyo City, Tokyo
Government
absolute monarchy, dual monarchy, monarchy, constitutional monarchy
Languages
Japanese
Religion
State Shinto
Preceded by
Tokugawa shogunate
Succeeded by
Japan

Overview

The Empire of Japan (Japanese: 大日本帝國/大日本帝国, Hepburn: Dai Nippon Teikoku/Dai Nihon Teikoku), 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 mainland Japan, Okinawa, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan. The South Seas Mandate and concessions 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 mainland Japan. However, Okinawa was later returned to Japan in 1972.

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All rulers (120)

  1. Jimmu660–585 BCE
  2. Emperor Suizei580–548 BCE
  3. Emperor Annei548–510 BCE
  4. Emperor Itoku509–475 BCE
  5. Emperor Kōshō474–392 BCE
  6. Emperor Kōan391–290 BCE
  7. Kōrei289–214 BCE
  8. Emperor Kōgen213–157 BCE
  9. Emperor Kaika156–98 BCE
  10. Sujin96–29 BCE
  11. Suinin28 BCE – 70 CE
  12. Keikō71–130 CE
  13. Emperor Seimu131–191 CE
  14. Chūai192–200 CE
  15. Ōjin270–310 CE
  16. Nintoku313–399 CE
  17. Richū400–405 CE
  18. Emperor Hanzei406–411 CE
  19. Ingyō412–453 CE
  20. Emperor Ankō454–456 CE
  21. Yūryaku457–479 CE
  22. Seinei480–484 CE
  23. Emperor Kenzō485–487 CE
  24. Emperor Ninken488–498 CE
  25. Buretsu499–507 CE
  26. Keitai507–531 CE
  27. Ankan531–535 CE
  28. Senka536–539 CE
  29. Kinmei539–571 CE
  30. Bidatsu572–585 CE
  31. Yōmei585–587 CE
  32. Sushun587–592 CE
  33. Suiko593–628 CE
  34. Jomei629–641 CE
  35. Kōtoku645–654 CE
  36. Tenji661–672 CE
  37. Kōbun672 CE
  38. Tenmu672–686 CE
  39. Jitō686–697 CE
  40. Monmu697–707 CE
  41. Shōmu724–749 CE
  42. Junnin758–764 CE
  43. Kōnin770–781 CE
  44. Emperor Kanmu781–806 CE
  45. Emperor Heizei806–809 CE
  46. Emperor Saga809–823 CE
  47. Emperor Junna823–833 CE
  48. Ninmyō833–850 CE
  49. Montoku850–858 CE
  50. Seiwa858–876 CE
  51. Yōzei876–884 CE
  52. Kōkō884–887 CE
  53. Uda887–897 CE
  54. Daigo897–930 CE
  55. Suzaku930–946 CE
  56. Murakami946–967 CE
  57. Emperor Reizei967–969 CE
  58. En'yū969–984 CE
  59. Emperor Kazan984–986 CE
  60. Ichijō986–1011 CE
  61. Sanjō1011–1016
  62. Go-Ichijō1016–1036
  63. Go-Suzaku1036–1045
  64. Go-Reizei1045–1068
  65. Go-Sanjō1068–1073
  66. Emperor Shirakawa1073–1087
  67. Emperor Horikawa1087–1107
  68. Emperor Toba1107–1123
  69. Emperor Sutoku1123–1142
  70. Emperor Konoe1142–1155
  71. Emperor Go-Shirakawa1155–1158
  72. Nijō1158–1165
  73. Rokujō1165–1168
  74. Takakura1168–1180
  75. Antoku1180–1185
  76. Go-Toba1183–1198
  77. Tsuchimikado1198–1210
  78. Juntoku1210–1221
  79. Emperor Chūkyō1221
  80. Go-Horikawa1221–1232
  81. Emperor Shijō1232–1242
  82. Emperor Go-Saga1242–1246
  83. Emperor Go-Fukakusa1246–1260
  84. Emperor Kameyama1260–1274
  85. Go-Uda1274–1287
  86. Fushimi1287–1298
  87. Go-Fushimi1298–1301
  88. Go-Nijō1301–1308
  89. Emperor Hanazono1308–1318
  90. Go-Daigo1318–1339
  91. Go-Murakami1339–1368
  92. Go-Kōgon1352–1371
  93. Chōkei1368–1383
  94. Go-En'yū1371–1382
  95. Go-Kameyama1383–1392
  96. Go-Komatsu1392–1412
  97. Shōkō1412–1428
  98. Go-Hanazono1428–1464
  99. Go-Tsuchimikado1464–1500
  100. Go-Kashiwabara1500–1526
  101. Go-Nara1526–1557
  102. Ōgimachi1557–1586
  103. Go-Yōzei1586–1611
  104. Emperor Go-Mizunoo1611–1629
  105. Empress Meishō1629–1643
  106. Go-Kōmyō1643–1654
  107. Go-Sai1655–1663
  108. Emperor Reigen1663–1687
  109. Higashiyama1687–1709
  110. Nakamikado1709–1735
  111. Sakuramachi1735–1747
  112. Momozono1747–1762
  113. Go-Sakuramachi1762–1771
  114. Go-Momozono1771–1779
  115. Emperor Kōkaku1779–1817
  116. Emperor Ninkō1817–1846
  117. Emperor Kōmei1846–1867
  118. Emperor Meiji1867–1912
  119. Emperor Taishō1912–1926
  120. Hirohito1926–1989

Records (122)

  1. 1868 — Battle of FushimiBattle · Imperial Army ▸ Shogunal Army
  2. 1874 — Japanese invasion of TaiwanInvasion
  3. 1874 — Battle of SagaBattle · Japan ▸ Saga Samurai Rebels
  4. 1877 — Battle of KagoshimaBattle · Japan ▸ Satsuma
  5. 1877 — Battle of KumamotoBattle · Japan ▸ Satsuma
  6. 1877 — Battle of ShiroyamaBattle · Japan ▸ Saiga Takamori
  7. 1877 — Battle of TabaruzakBattle · Japan ▸ Satsuma
  8. 1894–1895 — First Sino-Japanese WarWar
  9. 1894–1945 — Sino-Japanese Wars of 1893-1945War
  10. 1895 — Treaty of ShimonosekiTreaty
  11. 1895 — Japanese invasion of TaiwanWar
  12. 1895 — Battle of FenshuilunBattle
  13. 1895 — Battle of BaguashanBattle · Japan ▸ Republic of Formosa
  14. 1895 — Battle of KeelungBattle · Japan ▸ Republic of Formosa
  15. 1896 — Yamagata–Lobanov AgreementTreaty
  16. 1898 — Nishi–Rosen AgreementTreaty
  17. 1899–1901 — Boxer RebellionRebellion
  18. 1901 — Boxer ProtocolTreaty
  19. 1902 — Anglo-Japanese AllianceTreaty
  20. 1904–1905 — Russo-Japanese WarWar
  21. 1904 — Battle of Port peturthNaval battle
  22. 1904 — Battle of Chemulpo BayNaval battle
  23. 1904 — Hitachi Maru IncidentNaval battle
  24. 1905 — Treaty of PortsmouthTreaty
  25. 1905 — Treaty of PekingTreaty
  26. 1909 — Gando ConventionTreaty
  27. 1914 — Siege of TsingtaoSiege
  28. 1918 — Rice Riots of 1918Rebellion
  29. 1919 — Jeamni massacreMassacre
  30. 1920 — Treaty of SèvresTreaty
  31. 1922 — Nine-Power TreatyTreaty
  32. 1923 — Treaty of LausanneTreaty
  33. 1925 — Soviet–Japanese Basic ConventionTreaty
  34. 1927–1928 — Shandong ExpeditionsCampaign
  35. 1930 — London Naval TreatyTreaty
  36. 1931–1932 — Japanese invasion of ManchuriaInvasion
  37. 1932–1939 — Soviet–Japanese border conflictsWar
  38. 1932 — League of Blood IncidentCoup
  39. 1936 — Anti-Comintern PactTreaty
  40. 1937–1945 — Second Sino-Japanese WarWar
  41. 1937 — Defense of Sihang WarehouseBattle
  42. 1937 — Battle of PochonboBattle
  43. 1937 — Kanchazu Island incidentBattle
  44. 1938 — Tsuyama massacreMassacre
  45. 1938–1943 — Bombing of ChongqingCampaign
  46. 1938 — Battle of ChangfukengBattle · USSR ▸ Japan
  47. 1939 — Battles of Khalkhin GolBattle
  48. 1940 — German–Soviet Axis talksTreaty
  49. 1941 — Attack on Pearl HarborBattle
  50. 1941 — Soviet–Japanese Neutrality PactTreaty
  51. 1941 — Battle of Hong KongBattle
  52. 1941 — Battle of Wake IslandBattle
  53. 1941 — Sinking of Prince of Wales and RepulseNaval battle
  54. 1941 — Japanese invasion of ThailandInvasion
  55. 1941 — Battle of Prachuap Khiri KhanBattle
  56. 1941 — Treaty of Alliance Between Japan and ThailandTreaty
  57. 1942 — Battle of MidwayNaval battle
  58. 1942 — Battle of the Coral SeaNaval battle
  59. 1942–1943 — Guadalcanal campaignCampaign
  60. 1942 — Battle of SingaporeBattle
  61. 1942 — Battle of the Java SeaNaval battle
  62. 1942 — Naval Battle of GuadalcanalNaval battle
  63. 1942 — Indian Ocean raidNaval battle
  64. 1942 — Battle of TassafarongaNaval battle
  65. 1942 — Battle of the TenaruBattle
  66. 1942 — Battle of Sunda StraitNaval battle
  67. 1942–1943 — Battle of TimorBattle
  68. 1942–1945 — air raids on JapanCampaign
  69. 1942 — Battle of BalikpapanBattle
  70. 1942 — Battle of Badung StraitNaval battle
  71. 1942–1945 — Japan CampaignCampaign
  72. 1942 — Battle of Makassar StraitNaval battle
  73. 1942 — Actions along the MatanikauBattle
  74. 1942 — Battle off EndauNaval battle
  75. 1942 — Attack on the DureenbeeNaval battle
  76. 1942 — Battle of LashioBattle
  77. 1942 — Japanese invasion of West BorneoInvasion
  78. 1942 — Battle of Doolittle RaidBattle · United States ▸ Japan
  79. 1943 — Battle of Rennell IslandNaval battle
  80. 1943 — Battle of AttuBattle
  81. 1943 — Battle of Kula GulfNaval battle
  82. 1943 — Battle of the Komandorski IslandsNaval battle
  83. 1943 — Naval Battle of Vella LavellaNaval battle
  84. 1943 — Battle off HoraniuNaval battle
  85. 1943 — Battle of KolombangaraNaval battle
  86. 1943 — Battle of Blackett StraitNaval battle
  87. 1943–1945 — Battle of Northern Burma and Western YunnanBattle
  88. 1943 — Convoy GP 55Naval battle
  89. 1944 — Battle of Leyte GulfNaval battle
  90. 1944 — Battle of the Philippine SeaNaval battle
  91. 1944 — Battle of PeleliuBattle
  92. 1944 — Battle of KohimaBattle
  93. 1944 — Battle of EniwetokBattle
  94. 1944 — Battle of Ormoc BayBattle
  95. 1944 — Battle of MindoroBattle
  96. 1944 — Battle of BiakBattle
  97. 1944 — Battle of the Sibuyan SeaNaval battle
  98. 1944 — Battle of Surigao StraitNaval battle
  99. 1944 — Battle of Cabo EngañoNaval battle
  100. 1944 — Battle of Palau IslandsBattle · United States ▸ Japan
  101. 1945 — Battle of Iwo JimaBattle
  102. 1945 — Battle of OkinawaBattle
  103. 1945 — Operation Ten-GoNaval battle
  104. 1945 — Japanese Instrument of SurrenderTreaty
  105. 1945 — Borneo campaignCampaign
  106. 1945 — Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaignCampaign
  107. 1945 — Soviet invasion of South SakhalinInvasion
  108. 1945 — Battle of North BorneoBattle
  109. 1945 — Battle of ShumshuBattle
  110. 1945 — Battle of the Malacca StraitNaval battle
  111. 1945 — Battle of LabuanBattle
  112. 1945 — Soviet assault on MaokaBattle
  113. 1945 — Soviet assault on TōroBattle
  114. 1945 — Kamishisuka MassacreMassacre
  115. 1945 — Mizuho MassacreMassacre
  116. 1945 — Soviet assault on ŌdomariBattle
  117. 1945 — Battle of KakazuBattle
  118. 1945 — Battle of Sugar Loaf HillBattle
  119. 1945 — Battle in the Hills of KuniyoshiBattle
  120. 1945 — Atsugi Air Group incidentRebellion
  121. 1945 — August Revolution theoryRevolution
  122. 1945 — Battle of KasumiNaval battle

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