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Conquering more land
Japan invaded Manchuria and renamed it, and installed a puppet regime, which is used to criticize a government that is preceived unreasonably dependent upon an outside power. -
Japan Enters the War
Japan invaded China to conquer more land, thus entering the war. -
Tripartite Pact
Japan signed the pact that established the Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Pearl Harbor
Imperial Japanese Navy attackes the U.S Ship in Pearl Harbor. This event causes the U.S to enter the war. -
Blocking of Naval support
Britian and the United States stopped Japan from advancing into the Pacific, after Japan occupies a succession of countries, including the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Burma, and Malaya. -
Koiso Kuniaki becomes Prime Minister
After the fall of Hideki Tojo being Prime Minister, Koiso Kuniaki became Prime Minister of the war effort, before this he was the vice-minister of war -
Japan surrenders
The United States bombs Japan, and Japan realizes there is no way to win, so they surrender. -
Leading up Japan's surrender
The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima, and three days later they dropped another bomb on Nagasaki. -
Constitution of Japan
This constitution established a parliamentary system to renounce war and they pledge not to maintain land, sea, or air forces for that purpose. -
United Nations
Japan joins the United Nations.