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Japan Re-Opens
Commodore Matthew Perry sails to Japan, showing them modern western technology, this prompts Japan to end their long 200 year closed door policy. -
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Boshin War
Meji and the old Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, war against each other. Meji's forces whin and Yoshinobu is stripped of his power. -
Japan's Empire is Formed
After the Shogun left his power the new emperor Meiji takes control of Japan and unifies it. -
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First Sino-Japanese War
Japan tries to invade China for the first time for control over the Koreas. -
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Russo-Japanese War
Japan declares war on the Russian Empire by attacking their port. The Russians eventually want to make peace after the war. The Russian's lost this war. -
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The Great War (AKA WWI)
Japan played an important role in WWI, they spent time securing the sea lanes in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans against the German Kaiserliche Marine. Japan's military also seized German possessions in the Pacific and East Asia. Japan was also in a alliance with with the Entente Powers. -
Second Sino-Japanese War
Japan starts for the 2nd time trying to invade China. This conflict is resolved at the end of WW2, -
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World War II
On September 1st 1939 Germany starts the "Official WW2" by invading Poland. -
Pearl Harbor Bombing
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and thrust the United States into the war. -
Hiroshima Bombing
Little Boy atomic bomb was droped over the city of Hiroshima early in the morning. This bomb nearly killed 90,000–166,000 people! -
Nagasaki Bombing
This was the second nuclear bomb dropped by the U.S. This bomb was named Fat Man. The causulties were a bit lower then Hiroshima, the total estimate of deathes were 60,000–80,000 people! Thats just counting the people who dies a few moths after the bombing.. many other dies years later from radiation sickness. -
Japan Surrenders
U.S. general Douglas MacArthur made Japan a constitutional monachry. He also made it so Japan could not wage war or have a large military. Also on this day Japan surrendered. -
The role of U.S rebuilding Japan
After WWII the U.S decided to rebuld thier goverment and damaged cities. The U.S mainly did this to introduce a democracy to their goverment. -
Japan joins UN
United Nations deems Japan trust worthy enough to be on there counsel. -
Earthuake and Tsunami
Japan is devestated by the worst earthquake in recorded history, a terrible 9.0 magnitude, This quake was followed by many after shocks and a tsunami which did as much damge as the earthquake itself.
