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Siege of Tsingtao
Siege of Tsingtao was the attack on the German port of Tsingtao (Qingdao) in China during World War I by Japan and the United Kingdom, starts as part of WWI. -
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Between the Wars
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Treaty Of Paris
Treaty of Versailles ended the war. Germany was blamed for the war and had to pay $35 billion in reparations. -
Prices collapse and a long stagnation begins
Japanese Economy Interwar Periodhad prices collapses and a long stagnation in a national crisis. -
The USA, Britain and Japan agree to reduce their navies at the Washington Conference
The Washington Conference was a military conference called by U.S. President Warren G. Harding. -
Japanese Communist Party is founded
The Japanese Communist Partyis a political party in Japan and one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. -
The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo
The Great Kantō earthquakestruck the Kantō Plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū. Many fires broke out because the earthquake occurred at lunch time, when everyone was cooking. -
U.S. Congress approves the Exclusion act
The Immigration Act of 1924was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890 -
Japan introduces universal male suffrage
The Universal Suffrage Act increased the number of voters from 3 to 12 million, but becomes de facto a military dictatorship under nominal imperial rule -
Japan invade Manchuria
The Japanese invade Manchuriaand installs a puppet regime, which is supposedeley independent but is actually dependent on others. -
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Makoto Saito is appointed Prime Minister of Japan
Makoto Saitos appointed the Prime Minister of Japan. The Cabinent chose to resign Saito because of the Teijin Incident bribery scandal. -
Japan goes to war with China
The Sino-Japanese War was the capturing of Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing amid atrocities like the "Rape of Nanjing", in which up to 300,000 Chinese civilians were killed. -
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World War II
World War IIcauses the fall of France in 1940, Japan moves to occupy French Indo-China. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harborwas the suprise attack on the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US and main allies declare war on Japan. -
Japan Control Rises after World War II
Japan occupies succession of countries, including Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Burma and Malaya. In June, US aircraft carriers defeat the Japanese at the Battle of Midway. The US begins a strategy caled "'island-hopping", in which they cut off Japanese suport lines.
