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This is a timeline of Japanese history, comprising important legal, territorial and cultural changes and political events in Japan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Japan .
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; See also: Other events of 1940 History of Japan • Timeline • Years: Events in the year 1940 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 15 ...
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; See also: Other events of 1950 History of Japan • Timeline • Years: Incumbents. Emperor: Hirohito [1] ... 1950 in Japan.
1950 - Population: 6,277,500. [30] 1955 Tokyo International Trade Fair begins. [31] Population: 6,966,499. [17] 1956 - City hosts the 1956 World Judo Championships. 1958 Japanese National Stadium opens. May: 1958 Asian Games held in Tokyo. November: City hosts the 1958 World Judo Championships. 1961 Suntory Art Museum opens.
The 1950s were largely marked by Japan re-establishing relations to numerous nations and redefining its international role, e.g., by joining the United Nations in 1956. One such total redefinition were Japan's relations to its former World War II-ally Germany , which were put on a new basis in 1955 focused on trade.
Japan reacted by forging an alliance with Germany and Italy in 1940, known as the Tripartite Pact, which worsened its relations with the US. In July 1941, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands froze all Japanese assets when Japan completed its invasion of French Indochina by occupying the southern half of the country ...
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; See also: Other events of 1945 History of Japan • Timeline • Years: Events in the year 1945 in Japan.
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; See also: Other events of 1946 History of Japan • Timeline • Years: Events in the year 1946 in Japan. Incumbents. Emperor: Hirohito [1]