Japanese colonial empire

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colonial empire historical polity

The Japanese colonial empire was Japan’s overseas imperial domain from the late 19th to mid-20th century, encompassing territories across East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific that were governed through military conquest, annexation, and colonial administration.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Japanese colonial empire canonical	14
Imperial Japan	11
Japanese Empire	10
大日本帝国	6
Empire of Japan	5
Empire of Japan in Vietnam	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial empire ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
capital	Tokyo ⓘ
colonialPolicy	assimilation policy ⓘ industrial exploitation of colonies ⓘ militarized rule ⓘ settler colonialism in Korea ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolvedFollowing	Allied occupation of Japan ⓘ Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	Japanese occupation of Burma ⓘ Japanese occupation of China ⓘ Japanese occupation of French Indochina ⓘ Japanese occupation of Guam ⓘ Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ⓘ Japanese occupation of Malaya ⓘ New Guinea campaign ⓘ surface form: Japanese occupation of New Guinea Japanese occupation of Pacific islands ⓘ Japanese occupation of Singapore ⓘ Japanese occupation of Wake Island ⓘ Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ surface form: Japanese occupation of the Aleutian Islands Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies Japanese occupation of the Philippines ⓘ Karakalpak Autonomous Region (Karafuto) under Japanese rule ⓘ Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ Manchukuo ⓘ Mengjiang ⓘ Kwantung Leased Territory ⓘ surface form: South Manchuria Railway Zone South Seas Mandate ⓘ Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ
headOfState	Emperor Meiji ⓘ Emperor Hirohito ⓘ surface form: Emperor Shōwa Emperor Taishō ⓘ
languageUsed	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
opposedBy	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied powers Chinese resistance movements ⓘ March 1st Movement ⓘ surface form: Korean independence movement Philippine Commonwealth Army ⓘ surface form: Philippine guerrilla forces
partOf	Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ surface form: Axis powers sphere of influence
religion	State Shinto ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Yamato polity ⓘ surface form: Yamato dynasty
significantEvent	Annexation of Korea ⓘ First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ Mukden Incident ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ Russo-Japanese War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ V-J Day ⓘ surface form: World War II surrender of Japan
startTime	1895 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korea under Japanese rule → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Taiwan under Japanese rule → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

National Revolutionary Army (nominally, during United Front) → opponent → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army

this entity surface form: Empire of Japan

Second United Front → opponent → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Empire of Japan

Chinese Revolution → opponent → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

Battle of Saipan → islandCapturedFrom → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Empire of Japan

Governor-General of Korea → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Subhas Chandra Bose → collaboratedWith → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

V-J Day → hasToDoWith → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Empire of Japan

Operational Groups → opposedBy → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Morale Operations Branch → opponent → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Soviet Civil Administration in Korea → follows → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Empire of Japan

Ho Chi Minh → opponent → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Empire of Japan in Vietnam

Governor-General of Taiwan → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Bougainville Island → wasOccupiedBy → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

New Zealand forces → opponent → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Andō Rikichi → regionOfInfluence → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

Taihoku → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Yan Xishan → opponent → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

Gilbert Islands → occupiedBy → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Minami Jirō → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Manuel Roxas → wasPrisonerOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Kwantung Leased Territory → country → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Kwantung Leased Territory → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

長勇 → allegiance → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: 大日本帝国

Soviet diplomacy during World War II → majorOpponent → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

永野修身 → 所属国 → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: 大日本帝国

Azad Brigade → alliedWith → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

梅津美治郎 → allegiance → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

subject surface form: 梅津美治郎

this entity surface form: 大日本帝国

寺内正毅 → 所属政体 → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

subject surface form: 寺内正毅

this entity surface form: 大日本帝国

Public Security Preservation Law → legalSystem → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

Triple Intervention → opposedInterestOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

Yamato people → associatedWithState → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

南次郎 → 所属国 → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

subject surface form: 南次郎

this entity surface form: 大日本帝国

Mona Rudao → opposed → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

Attu Island → occupiedBy → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Government-General of Korea → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Chemulpo → underInfluenceOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

貴族院 → country → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: 大日本帝国

Ushijima Mitsuru → historicalRegion → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

Annexation of Korea → location → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Empire

Annexation of Korea → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Mandated Islands → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Japanese South Pacific Mandate → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Karafuto Prefecture → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Jinsen Arsenal → locatedIn → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ

Kantōshū → partOf → Japanese colonial empire ⓘ