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January 1-May 31 – Defense of the Great Wall February 21–March 1 – Battle of Rehe March 2 – 1933 Sanriku earthquake.Although the earthquake itself does little damage, the associated tsunami, recorded at a height of 28.7 metres (94 ft) at Ōfunato, Iwate, caused extensive damage, destroys many homes and causes numerous casualties.
The Empire of Japan, [c] also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 until the Constitution of Japan took effect on 3 May 1947. [8] From 1910 to 1945, it included the Japanese archipelago, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan.
Last emperor of the Empire of Japan. Reign saw World War II and post-war economic miracle. Longest reigning verifiable emperor in Japanese history. [143] [145] 125: Akihito 明仁: Living: 7 January 1989 – 30 April 2019 (30 years, 113 days)
Despite many forests and their importance, Japan continued to buy wood overseas. In accordance with the other dates, Japan had 200,000 km 2 of forest, 100,000 km 2 in private hands, the other 75,000 km 2 in state control and 12,000 km 2 owned by the Imperial House. Wood exports were made to the rest of the Japanese empire and to foreign markets.
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. [24] [25] It is considered part of World War II, and often regarded as the beginning of World War II in Asia.
This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the ...
Tanggu Truce negotiations between the Japanese delegation on the left and Chinese delegation on the right on 31 May 1933. The Tanggu Truce, sometimes called the Tangku Truce (Japanese: 塘沽協定, Hepburn: Tōko kyōtei, simplified Chinese: 塘沽协定; traditional Chinese: 塘沽協定; pinyin: Tánggū Xiédìng), was a ceasefire and unequal treaty that was signed between military forces ...
Japanese–English Character Dictionary. Tuttle. ISBN 0-8048-0408-7. Morison, Samuel Eliot (1961). Aleutians, Gilberts and Marshalls, June 1942-April 1944, vol. 7 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. ASIN B0007FBB8I. Watts, Anthony J (1967). Japanese Warships of World War II. Doubleday.