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Throughout the entire year - Celebration of year 2600 in Japanese imperial year; January 15 – A large fire destroys much of Shizuoka city center.; January 29 – According to Japanese government official confirmed report, a three-passenger locomotive commuter train derail and caught fire nearby Ajikawaguchi Station, Osaka, resulting to 189 person (181 were instantly, 8 were hospital) were ...
Political map of the Asia-Pacific region, 1939. The decision by Japan to attack the United States remains controversial. Study groups in Japan had predicted ultimate disaster in a war between Japan and the U.S., and the Japanese economy was already straining to keep up with the demands of the War with China.
Pages in category "1940 in Japan" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
On 30 August 1940, the Japanese foreign minister, Yōsuke Matsuoka, approved a draft proposal submitted by his French colleague, Paul Baudouin, [a] whereby Japanese forces could be stationed in and transit through Indochina only for the duration of the Sino-Japanese War. Both governments then "instructed their military representatives in ...
Pages in category "1940s in Japan" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1940 in Japan;
For the sake of their own people and nation, Prime Minister Konoe formed the Taisei Yokusankai (Imperial Rule Assistance Association) on October 12, 1940, as a ruling party in Japan. In 1940 Japan celebrated the 2600th anniversary of Jimmu's ascension and built a monument to Hakkō ichiu despite the fact that all historians knew Jimmu was a ...
After the battle of Zaoyang-Yichang in the summer of 1940, the Japanese controlled I-chang and Sha-shih. The Chinese controlled the area east and west of the Hsiang River . Their lines extended from the southwest of Yuan-an via Ching-men , north of Chung-hsiang , and the foothills of Ta-hung Shan, to the area northwest of Sui Hsien astride both ...
A map of the Japanese advance from 1937 to 1942. ... On 22 September 1940, the Japanese invasion of French Indochina began. Japan took over French Indochina ...