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Assassination of Empress Myeongseong (Queen Min)
Korea under Japanese rule Assassination of Empress planned by Dark Ocean Society, a group of assassins who were believed to be under Miura Gorō 's orders. Also known as the Eulmi Incident. -
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty was signed on 22 August 1910 by the representatives of the Japanese and Korean Imperial Governments, beginning Japanese rule. -
Matter Concerning the Changing of Korean Names
Korea under Japanese rule Koreans were forbidden to change their Korean family names to Japanese. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria The Japanese established a puppet state, called Manchukuo, during their occupation in Manchuria (Manchuguo). -
Japan and Germany leave the League of Nations
World War II Japan signed the Tripartite Pact September 27 1940 with Germany and Italy, and became part of the "Axis powers", -
End of Japanese Rule in Manchuria
Second Sino-Japanese War Signing of the Tanggu Truce formally ended the Japanese occupation in Manchuria. -
Japanese Invade and Attack China
Second Sino-Japanese War Also known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, when a crucial access point to Beijing was assaulted by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Historians mark this as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
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Battle of Shanghai
Battle of Shanghai The Battle of Shanghai was the first and bloodiest battle of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War.
The first and bloodiest battle of the Sino-Japanese War. -
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Second Sino-Japanese War
[Second Sino-Japanese War](www.timetoast.com/timelines/39279)
War between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan for control over the Chinese mainland. -
Rape of Nanking
History.com_Rape of Nanking Nanking, the capital of China at the time, fell to Japanese forces. The Japanese butchered an estimated 150,000 male "war prisoners," massacred an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages, many of whom were mutilated or killed in the process. -
National Mobilization Law
Korea under Japanese rule The Japanese authorities extended the provisions of the National Mobilization Law to include the conscription of Korean workers for factories and mines on the Korean peninsula, Manchukuo, and the involuntary relocation of workers to Japan itself as needed. -
Sōshi-kaimei
Name Change Policy In a reversal of the matter concerning Korean family names, Koreans were required to change their Korean family names to Japanese family names. Those that did not were harrassed. -
Japan allies with Germany in World War II
Germany-Japan Relations Japan signed the Tripartite Pact on September 27 1940 with Germany and Italy and became part of the "Axis powers". -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
[Second Sino-Japanese War](<a href='www.timetoast.com/timelines/39279)' >Second Sino-Japanese War</a> Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor prompts the United States to take quick action and officially enter the war, after a devastating toll on supplies. -
United States and Britain declare war on Japan
Japan WWII Events The United States entered the war and officially declared war on Japan. Britain sides with the United States and the US joins the Allied Powers. -
Germany and Italy ally with Japan
Japan WWII Events As the Axis Powers, Germany and Italy allied with Japan and officially declared war on the United States. -
Japanese Surrender in China
Surrender of Japan After the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, Emperor Hirohito intervened and called for a surrender. The Soviet Union accepted their surrender.
