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Lansing–Ishii Agreement
diplomatic agreement signed between the United States and Japan on 2 November 1917 over their disputes with regards to China. -
Rice riots
Rice riots break out across japan due to the economic hardships. -
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Between the wars
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The Twenty-one demands
The demands would greatly extend Japanese control of Manchuria and of the Chinese economy, and were opposed by Britain and the United States. In the final settlement Japan gained a little but lost a great deal of prestige and trust in Britain and the US. -
Treaty of versailles
Treaty of versaillesEnded World war 1 however most historans feel it started World World 2 -
Taishō democracy
period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912, to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Emperor Taishō. -
Manchurian Incident
a staged event engineered by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion in 1931 of northeastern China -
Inukai Tsuyoshi
Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated by 11 young naval officers. The following trial and popular support of the Japanese population led to extremely light sentences for the assassins, strengthening the rising power of Japanese militarism and weakening democracy and the rule of law in Japan. -
Japan drops out of the league of nations
The Japanese delegation, defying world opinion, withdrew from the League of Nations Assembly today after the assembly had adopted a report blaming Japan for events in Manchuria. -
Second Sino-Japanese War
Japan invaded China in 1937 -
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
A battle between China's National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese Army, often used as the marker for the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War -
Tripartite Pact
In 1938, Japan prohibited the expulsion of the Jews in Japan, Tension rises between Japan and the United States the Nanking Massacre turned American public opinion against Japan. -
The Battle of Lake Khasan
an attempted military incursion by Manchukuo into territory claimed by the Soviet Union. -
New order
On September 27, 1940, Imperial Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Their objectives were to "establish and maintain a new order of things" -
Immediate post-war clashes
Japanese troops were ordered to surrender to KMT troops and not to the CPC, which was present in some of the occupied areas. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S.
