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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. Chōsen (Korea), Taiwan (Formosa), and Karafuto (South Sakhalin) were integral parts of Japan.
The regency became a de faco independent military republic, with power initially concentrated in the Agha, who served as the president of the diwan. From 1671 onward, authority was vested in the Dey of Algiers. [2] [3] United States: 4 March 1789: The present U.S. constitution became effective, establishing the current U.S. government. [4] France
Japan was occupied until 1952 when the Treaty of San Francisco came into effect. Japan–United States relations continued to evolve throughout the Cold War and into the 21st century, with periods of cooperation and occasional trade disputes. The two nations maintain strong economic ties, and Japan is a crucial ally of the United States in Asia.
For the first time, regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan. Korea became a vassal state of Japan. 29 May: Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) 1896: 15 June: Sanriku earthquake kills 22,066 people. 1902: 30 January: Russo-Japanese War: Japan became the first Asian nation to sign a mutual defense pact with a European nation ...
The goal became "Asia for the Asians" as Japan began mobilizing anti-colonial sentiment in India and Southeast Asia. Japan took control of Manchuria in 1931 over the strong objections of the League of Nations, Britain and especially the United States. In 1937, it seized control of the main cities on the East Coast of China, over strong American ...
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.
[5] The Japanese equivalent during this time was kyōwakoku (共和國), which became the standard translation for republic in East Asia, while mínzhǔguó came to mean "democratic country" instead. There was also a similar alternative, mínguó ( 民國 ), pioneered by Sun Yat-sen (see Republic of China (1912–1949)#Name ).
Japan became a member of the United Nations in 1956, successfully normalized relations with the Soviet Union in 1956, despite an ongoing dispute over the ownership of the Kuril Islands, [273] and with South Korea in 1965, despite an ongoing dispute over the ownership of the islands of Liancourt Rocks. [274]