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Reverted to version as of 19:32, 15 June 2021 (UTC) 04:21, 2 May 2022: 600 × 600 (665 KB) TheMysteriousStar: Reverted to version as of 12:51, 14 June 2021 (UTC) Japan never controlled Thailand: 19:32, 15 June 2021: 600 × 600 (797 KB) Milenioscuro: Reverted to version as of 21:19, 16 April 2021 (UTC) 12:51, 14 June 2021: 600 × 600 (665 KB ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:13, 31 March 2020: 1,100 × 837 (875 KB): Esmu Igors: Northern part of the Sakhalin island was transferred from Japan to Soviet Russia in 1925, and the borders remained untouched until the end of WWII.
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.
Japan and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere at its peak in 1942. Japan and its allies Thailand and Free India in dark red; occupied territories and client states in lighter red. ChÅsen (Korea), Taiwan (Formosa), and Karafuto (South Sakhalin) were integral parts of Japan.
Empire of Japan attacked the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan declared war on American, Dutch, and British people, marking the start of Pacific War theatre of World War II. 8 to 10 December: First Battle of Guam begin. 8 to 25 December: Battle of Hong Kong begins in China. 1942: 12 January: Japan declares war on Dutch. 22 January
A map of the Japanese advance from 1937 to 1942. Japan was influenced by Western imperialism in Asia which caused Japan to participate as a colonial power. Japan was the last major power to enter the race for global colonization. It expanded rapidly, with colonial acquisitions, from 1895 till 1942. The Empire of Japan was one of the largest in ...
The territory of Japan has changed throughout history. Its largest extent was the Empire of Japan. In 1938 it was 1,984,000 km 2 (800,000 sq mi). [70] The maximum extent including the home islands and the Japanese colonial empire was 8,510,000 km 2 (3,300,000 sq mi) in 1942. [71] After its defeat in World War II the empire was dismantled.