Japan Timeline

Japan goes to war with China. Japan's better equipped forces win victory in just nine months.

Jan 20, 1894

Japan's better equipped forces win victory in just nine months. http://www.aresgames.eu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/510x_ww2-wings-of-glory_Ich.jpg

Japan annexes Korea after three years of fighting

Jan 20, 1910

After three years of fighting. Japan is now one of the world's great powers. http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/images/decorations/1930s_Japanese_Military_Expansion.jpg

Japanese prime minister is assassinated by ultra-nationalist terrorists. The military holds increasing influence in the country.

Jan 20, 1932

Tsuyoshi was assassinated by 11 young naval officers http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Inukai_Tsuyoshi.jpg/469px-Inukai_Tsuyoshi.jpg

Japan invades China, Manchuria

Jul 7, 1937

initiating World War II in the Pacific

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor.

Dec 7, 1941

The Japnese started the attack December 7 1941. Pearl Harbor

The United States drops an atomic bomb

Aug 6, 1945

drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

The United States Drops a bomb on Nagasaki

Aug 9, 1945

Japan joins United Nations.

Jan 20, 1956

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Emperor Hirohito dies, succeeded by Akihito

Jan 20, 1989

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Non-combat soldiers arrive in Iraq in first Japanese deployment in combat zone since World War II

Jan 20, 2004

The last contingent of Japanese troops leaves Iraq.

Jan 20, 2006

Tohoku Earthquake

Mar 11, 2011