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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 ...
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. ...
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;
As part of its operations against China, on 22 September 1940 Japan invaded French Indochina. On 27 September it signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. War with the U.S. and other Western allies of World War II began with the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
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 ...
Osaka is the second largest city in Japan, with a population of 3,252,340 in 1940. Traditionally, it was the most important industrial concentration in the Far East. Osaka was one of the principal centers of heavy industry, noted for its shipbuilding, iron, steel, rolling stock works, as well as non-ferrous metals enterprises (notably copper ...
"Kigen Nisen Roppyaku Nen" (紀元二千六百年, 2600 Years Since the Founding) is a Japanese song commemorating 1940. It was written by Yoshio Masuda and composed by Gihachirō Mori. It was written by Yoshio Masuda and composed by Gihachirō Mori.
It is an example of Japanese propagandists portraying Japan as the protector of Asia, as in the name of the Japanese Empire's colonial holdings, the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. [2] This wartime narrative portrayed Japan fighting against Western Colonialists and Chinese Communists primarily, overlooking the primacy of resource rich ...