Imperial Japan

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empire historical state monarchy

Imperial Japan was the militaristic empire that dominated East Asia in the early 20th century and served as a principal Axis power in World War II, pursuing aggressive expansion and engaging in major conflicts with the Allied nations.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form Occurrences
Empire of Japan 255
Imperial Japanese government 12
Japanese Empire 4

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf empire ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
airRaidTarget Hiroshima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nagasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliance Axis Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tripartite Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ
annexed Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
bombedBy United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalChange 1947 Constitution of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
createdPuppetState Manchukuo NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency Japanese yen NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicPolicy state-directed industrialization ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
enemyDuringWorldWarII Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Meiji era ⓘ
surface form: Meiji period

Showa period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taisho period NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Postwar Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
State of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
formalSurrenderDate 1945-09-02 ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
militarist regime ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSuccessor Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorConflict First Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
modernizationProgram Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalBattle Battle of Midway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Tsushima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEmperor Emperor Hirohito NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emperor Meiji NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emperor Taisho NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Invasion of Manchuria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mukden Incident NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nanjing Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Surrender of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMilitaryUnit Unit 731 NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupationBy Allied powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage Japanese ⓘ
politicalIdeology Japanese militarism ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
ultranationalism ⓘ
precededBy Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionDominated East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
State Shinto NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedTreaty Anti-Comintern Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tripartite Pact NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1868 ⓘ
surrenderDate 1945-08-15 ⓘ
territorialExpansion Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manchuria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sakhalin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
warCrime biological warfare experiments ⓘ
comfort women system ⓘ
use of forced labor ⓘ

Referenced by (310)

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

Fengtian clique → supportedBy → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Onekotan → hasHistoricalControl → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Allied governments in the Pacific → primaryAdversary → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Army Section → era → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan (Meiji to Shōwa period)
Army Section → associatedWithGovernment → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the Empire of Japan
Navy Section → historicalPeriod → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan era
Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage → usedIn → Imperial Japan ⓘ
Chinese theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War → mainBelligerent → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Shumshu → formerCountry → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Shumshu → battleBelligerent → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Southern Kurils → formerControlBy → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Battle of Alligator Creek → countryInvolved → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Battle of Balikpapan (1945) → combatant → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Battle of the South China Sea → combatant → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
OSS Deer Team → primaryOpponent → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Tong Khoi Nghia Thang Tam → hasParticipant → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Empire
Simushir → formerCountry → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-19 → countryOfOrigin → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Vice Chief of the Naval General Staff → governingBody → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese government
Shōzō Sakurai → allegiance → Imperial Japan ⓘ
Habomai Islands → historicallyControlledBy → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Yokosuka P1Y → countryOfOrigin → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Allied operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II → opponent → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Fall of Corregidor → combatant → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Fall of Corregidor → surrenderedTo → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Demchugdongrub → supportedBy → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Shunpanrō → associatedCountry → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Hyakutake Seikichi → militaryAllegiance → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Bailey Olter → placeOfBirth → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
栗田 健男 → historicalRegion → Imperial Japan ⓘ
Shanxi provincial army → opposedBy → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Empire
Aritomo Gotō → historicalPeriod → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II era Japan
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi → countryOfCitizenship → Imperial Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Tamon Yamaguchi
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Manchukuo Imperial Army → patron → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Hatsuzuki → countryOfOrigin → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Nakajima A6M2-N → countryOfOrigin → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
August Storm → opponent → Imperial Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation August Storm
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Transbaikal Front → opponent → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
1st Far Eastern Front → opponent → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 → signatory → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 → recognizedAsValidBy → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Attack on Darwin → attackingCountry → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Mandated Islands → administeredBy → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Mandated Islands → sovereigntyTransferredTo → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Reorganized National Government of China Air Force → equipmentSupplier → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Reorganized National Government of China Air Force → usedAircraftFrom → Imperial Japan ⓘ
Asaka → originCountry → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
2nd Far Eastern Front → opponent → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Shunroku Hata → birthPlace → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan
Sendai-class cruiser → countryOfOrigin → Imperial Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire of Japan