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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 ...
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.
After Japan was defeated by the Allies in 1945, colonial control from Tokyo over the far-flung territories ended. The extent of Japanese governance was restricted to the naichi (excepting Karafuto Prefecture , which was annexed by the Soviet Union ); the Nanpō and Ryūkyū Islands were returned to Japan by the US in 1968 and 1972 respectively.
1945 9 October 1945 54 days — Imperial Family: 43. Higashikuni [45] Baron Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郞 (1872–1951) 9 October 1945 22 May 1946 226 days — Independent: 44. Shidehara [46] Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 (1878–1967) 22 May 1946 24 May 1947 1 year, 3 days: 1946: Liberal: 45. Yoshida I [47] Tetsu Katayama 片山 哲 Rep for ...
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
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The Japanese colonial empire (1895−1945) — of the Empire of Japan, in Asia and Oceania. ... This page was last edited on 26 September 2021, at 11:20 (UTC).
The pre-1945 and post-war Shōwa periods are almost completely different states: the pre-1945 Shōwa era (1926–1945) concerns the Empire of Japan, and post-1945 Shōwa era (1945–1989) concerns the State of Japan. Before 1945, Japan moved into political totalitarianism, ultranationalism and statism, culminating in Japan's invasion of China ...