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The Empire of Japan, [c] also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 until the Constitution of Japan took effect on 3 May 1947. [8]
Empire of Japan, historical Japanese empire founded on January 3, 1868, when supporters of the emperor Meiji overthrew Yoshinobu, the last Tokugawa shogun.
30 maj 2015 · The Japanese Empire, also known as the Empire of Japan, was a historical state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the end of World War II in 1945. During this period, Japan underwent a rapid process of modernization and imperial expansion, becoming a major world power.
A composite map of the Japanese Empire at its height.
24 sty 2019 · Map of the Japanese Empire at the height of its expansion in 1942, from Life magazine (April 16, 1945) When the war went better than expected, Japan’s leaders, shocked by the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, miscalculated: they extended their defensive perimeter to include Kiska, Midway, New Caledonia and all of New Guinea.
The Empire of Japan [c] (Japanese : 大日本帝國) also known as Imperial Japan was a historical Nation State and great power during the period from the Meiji Restoration to the Japanese defeat in World War II. It ruled the Home Islands of Japan and many other areas.
Empire, Japanese. When young radicals overthrew the Tokugawa shogun in 1868, their overriding goal was to create a strong, sovereign Japan that could overcome the unequal treaties imposed by the Western powers. Over the next seventy-seven years, until defeat in World War II (1939–1945), Japan would assemble a vast empire in east Asia and the ...
