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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86" title="إمبراطورية اليابان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="إمبراطورية اليابان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperiu_del_Xap%C3%B3n" title="Imperiu del Xapón – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Imperiu del Xapón" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hap%C3%B5_Mburuvi" title="Hapõ Mburuvi – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Hapõ Mburuvi" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaponiya_imperiyas%C4%B1" title="Yaponiya imperiyası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yaponiya imperiyası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%88" title="ژاپون ایمپیراتورلوغو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ژاپون ایمپیراتورلوغو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF" title="জাপান সাম্রাজ্য – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জাপান সাম্রাজ্য" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakaisaran_Japang" title="Kakaisaran Japang – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Kakaisaran Japang" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81i_Ji%CC%8Dt-p%C3%BAn_T%C3%A8-kok" title="Tāi Ji̍t-pún Tè-kok – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tāi Ji̍t-pún Tè-kok" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Японская імперыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Японская імперыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperyo_kan_Hapon" title="Imperyo kan Hapon – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Imperyo kan Hapon" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Японска империя – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Японска империя" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impalaeriezh_Japan" title="Impalaeriezh Japan – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Impalaeriezh Japan" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8D_%D0%B3%D2%AF%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Япон эзэнтэ гүрэн – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Япон эзэнтэ гүрэн" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperi_Japon%C3%A8s" title="Imperi Japonès – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Imperi Japonès" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%C4%95" title="Япони империйĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Япони империйĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonsk%C3%A9_c%C3%ADsa%C5%99stv%C3%AD" title="Japonské císařství – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Japonské císařství" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kejserriget_Japan" title="Kejserriget Japan – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kejserriget Japan" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanisches_Kaiserreich" title="Japanisches Kaiserreich – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Japanisches Kaiserreich" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaapani_Keisririik" title="Jaapani Keisririik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Jaapani Keisririik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Αυτοκρατορία της Ιαπωνίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αυτοκρατορία της Ιαπωνίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Empire of Japan" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperio_del_Jap%C3%B3n" title="Imperio del Japón – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Imperio del Japón" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japana_Imperio" title="Japana Imperio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Japana Imperio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japoniar_Inperioa" title="Japoniar Inperioa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Japoniar Inperioa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%86" title="امپراتوری ژاپن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="امپراتوری ژاپن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_du_Japon" title="Empire du Japon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Empire du Japon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impiraght_y_%C3%87hapaan" title="Impiraght y Çhapaan – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Impiraght y Çhapaan" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperio_do_Xap%C3%B3n" title="Imperio do Xapón – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Imperio do Xapón" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Ngi%CC%8Dt-p%C3%BAn_Ti-koet" title="Thai Ngi̍t-pún Ti-koet – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Thai Ngi̍t-pún Ti-koet" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8_%EC%A0%9C%EA%B5%AD" title="일본 제국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="일본 제국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%83%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%BD%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Ճապոնական կայսրություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ճապոնական կայսրություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="जापानी साम्राज्य – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जापानी साम्राज्य" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japansko_Carstvo" title="Japansko Carstvo – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Japansko Carstvo" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonian_imperio" title="Japonian imperio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Japonian imperio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperium_Jepang" title="Imperium Jepang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Imperium Jepang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperio_de_Japon" title="Imperio de Japon – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Imperio de Japon" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanska_keisarad%C3%A6mi%C3%B0" title="Japanska keisaradæmið – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Japanska keisaradæmið" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impero_giapponese" title="Impero giapponese – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Impero giapponese" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA" title="האימפריה היפנית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האימפריה היפנית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="იაპონიის იმპერია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იაპონიის იმპერია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%88%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%8D%E0%BA%B5%E0%BB%88%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B8%E0%BB%88%E0%BA%99" title="ອານາຈັກຍີ່ປຸ່ນ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ອານາຈັກຍີ່ປຸ່ນ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap%C4%81nas_Imp%C4%93rija" title="Japānas Impērija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Japānas Impērija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonijos_imperija" title="Japonijos imperija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Japonijos imperija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap%C3%A1n_Birodalom" title="Japán Birodalom – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Japán Birodalom" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="जपानी साम्राज्य – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जपानी साम्राज्य" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="იაპონიაშ იმპერია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="იაპონიაშ იმპერია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86" title="امبراطورية اليابان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="امبراطورية اليابان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empayar_Jepun" title="Empayar Jepun – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Empayar Jepun" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakaisaran_Japang" title="Kakaisaran Japang – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Kakaisaran Japang" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A2i-n%C4%ADk-bu%C5%8Dng_D%C3%A1%CC%A4-gu%C3%B3k" title="Dâi-nĭk-buōng Dá̤-guók – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Dâi-nĭk-buōng Dá̤-guók" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%B3%D2%AF%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Японы эзэнт гүрэн – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Японы эзэнт гүрэн" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%95%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%95%E1%80%AB%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC" title="ဂျပန်အင်ပါယာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂျပန်အင်ပါယာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japans_Keizerrijk" title="Japans Keizerrijk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Japans Keizerrijk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF" title="जापानी साम्राज्य – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="जापानी साम्राज्य" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%B8%9D%E5%9B%BD" title="大日本帝国 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="大日本帝国" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiserriket_Japan" title="Keiserriket Japan – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Keiserriket Japan" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%9C%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%80_%E0%AC%B8%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AE%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%9C%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%9F" title="ଜାପାନୀ ସାମ୍ରାଜ୍ୟ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଜାପାନୀ ସାମ୍ରାଜ୍ୟ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaponiya_imperiyasi" title="Yaponiya imperiyasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Yaponiya imperiyasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C" title="ਜਪਾਨੀ ਸਾਮਰਾਜ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਜਪਾਨੀ ਸਾਮਰਾਜ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%8A" title="جاپان سترواکي – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="جاپان سترواکي" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%85%E1%9E%80%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%87%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%93" title="ចក្រភពជប៉ុន – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ចក្រភពជប៉ុន" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesarstwo_Wielkiej_Japonii" title="Cesarstwo Wielkiej Japonii – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cesarstwo Wielkiej Japonii" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imp%C3%A9rio_do_Jap%C3%A3o" title="Império do Japão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Império do Japão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperiul_Japonez" title="Imperiul Japonez – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Imperiul Japonez" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%80%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B0" title="Японьска ріша – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Японьска ріша" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Японская империя – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Японская империя" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_o_Japan" title="Empire o Japan – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Empire o Japan" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perandoria_e_Japonis%C3%AB" title="Perandoria e Japonisë – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Perandoria e Japonisë" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonsk%C3%A9_cis%C3%A1rstvo_(1868_%E2%80%93_1945)" title="Japonské cisárstvo (1868 – 1945) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Japonské cisárstvo (1868 – 1945)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonski_imperij" title="Japonski imperij – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Japonski imperij" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C%DB%8C_%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%86%D9%86" title="ئیمپراتۆریەتیی ژاپۆن – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئیمپراتۆریەتیی ژاپۆن" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Јапанско царство – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Јапанско царство" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japansko_Carstvo" title="Japansko Carstvo – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Japansko Carstvo" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanin_keisarikunta" title="Japanin keisarikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Japanin keisarikunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanska_imperiet" title="Japanska imperiet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Japanska imperiet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperyo_ng_Hapon" title="Imperyo ng Hapon – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Imperyo ng Hapon" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81" title="சப்பானியப் பேரரசு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சப்பானியப் பேரரசு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%B5" title="Япон империясе – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Япон империясе" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99" title="จักรวรรดิญี่ปุ่น – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จักรวรรดิญี่ปุ่น" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japon_%C4%B0mparatorlu%C4%9Fu" title="Japon İmparatorluğu – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Japon İmparatorluğu" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Японська імперія – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Японська імперія" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86" title="سلطنت جاپان – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="سلطنت جاپان" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li 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.ib-country-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li2{text-indent:0.5em;margin-left:1em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-website{line-height:11pt}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Empire of Japan</div><div class="ib-country-names"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8662964">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja" style="font-style: normal;">大日本帝國</span></span></li><li><i>Dai Nippon Teikoku</i> or <i>Dai Nihon Teikoku</i></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">1868–1947</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Japan_(1870%E2%80%931999).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of"><img alt="Flag of" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/125px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/188px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/250px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Japan" title="Flag of Japan">Flag</a></div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Imperial Seal of"><img alt="Imperial Seal of" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/85px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/128px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/170px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="990" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan" title="Imperial Seal of Japan"> Imperial Seal</a></div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Motto: </b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji era">1868–1912</a>:<br /><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">五箇条の御誓文</span></span><br /><i>Gokajō no Goseimon</i><br />(<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charter_Oath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charter Oath (not yet started)">Charter Oath</a></i> or <i>The Oath in Five Articles</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> (1869–1945) "<a href="/wiki/Kimigayo" title="Kimigayo">Kimigayo</a>"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">君が代</span></span>)</span><div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">"His Imperial Majesty's Reign"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><center><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="91" data-mwtitle="Kimi_ga_Yo_1930.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Kimi_ga_Yo_1930.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" 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style="background-color:#5FAF5F; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state#Imperial_Japan" title="Puppet state">Puppet states</a> / <a href="/wiki/Protectorate#Japan" title="Protectorate">Protectorates</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_territories_occupied_by_Imperial_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan (not yet started)">Occupied territories</a></div></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> (1868–1869)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo City">Tokyo City</a> (1869–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> (1943–1947)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo City">Tokyo City</a> (1868–1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> (1943–1947)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="ib-country-lang">Recognised regional languages</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Hokkien" title="Taiwanese Hokkien">Hokkien</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwanese_Mandarin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taiwanese Mandarin (not yet started)">Mandarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakka" class="mw-disambig" title="Hakka">Hakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">De jure</a>:</i> <a href="/wiki/Secular_state" title="Secular state">Secular state</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">De facto</a>:</i> <a href="/wiki/State_Shinto" title="State Shinto">State Shinto</a> (<a href="/wiki/State_religion" title="State religion">state ideology</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary">parliamentary</a> <a href="/wiki/Semi-constitutional_monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-constitutional monarchy">semi-constitutional monarchy</a><br />(1889–1947) (<i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-ndlconstitution_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndlconstitution-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_cult&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Imperial cult (not yet started)">divine</a> <a href="/wiki/Theocracy" title="Theocracy">theocratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">absolute monarchy</a><br />(<i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>) <ul><li>under <a href="/wiki/Daij%C5%8D-kan" title="Daijō-kan">Daijō-kan</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunter198431–32_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunter198431–32-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(1868–1885)</li> <li>under a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Toseiha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toseiha (not yet started)">Toseiha</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_dictatorship" class="mw-redirect" title="Military dictatorship">military dictatorship</a><br />(1931–1940)</li> <li>under a <a href="/wiki/Fascism" title="Fascism">fascist</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Statism_in_Sh%C5%8Dwa_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Statism in Shōwa Japan (not yet started)">Shōwa Statist</a> <a href="/wiki/Totalitarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Totalitarian">totalitarian</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_dictatorship" class="mw-redirect" title="Military dictatorship">military dictatorship</a><br />(1940–1945)</li> <li>under <a href="/w/index.php?title=Allied_occupation_of_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Allied occupation of Japan (not yet started)">military occupation</a><br /> (1945–1947)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Emperors_of_Japan#Emperors_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Emperors of Japan">Emperor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1868–1912 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Meiji</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1912–1926 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Taishō</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1926–1947 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Shōwa</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Japan#Empire_of_Japan_(1868–1947)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Japan">Prime Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1885–1888 (first) </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi" class="mw-redirect" title="Itō Hirobumi">Itō Hirobumi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1946–1947 (last) </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Shigeru Yoshida</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data">None (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rule_by_decree&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rule by decree (not yet started)">rule by decree</a>) (1868-1871)<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Peers_(Japan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Peers (Japan) (not yet started)">House of Peers</a> (1871-1889)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Diet#History" class="mw-redirect" title="National Diet">Imperial Diet</a> (since 1889)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=House_of_Peers_(Japan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="House of Peers (Japan) (not yet started)">House of Peers</a> (1889-1947)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a> (from 1890)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Meiji_period" title="Meiji period">Meiji</a> • <a href="/wiki/Taish%C5%8D_period" title="Taishō period">Taishō</a> • <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_period" title="Shōwa period">Shōwa</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">3 January 1868<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Meiji Constitution</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">11 February 1889</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">25 July 1894</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">8 February 1904</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">23 August 1914</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Mukden_Incident" title="Mukden Incident">Mukden Incident</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">18 September 1931</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 July 1937</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 December 1941</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Surrender of Japan</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">2 September 1945</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Reconstituted</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">3 May 1947<sup id="cite_ref-ndlconstitution_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndlconstitution-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">1938<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">1,984,000 km<sup>2</sup> (766,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">1942<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">7,400,000 km<sup>2</sup> (2,900,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1920 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">77,700,000<sup>a</sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1940 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">105,200,000<sup>b</sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese yen">Japanese yen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Korean_yen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Korean yen (not yet started)">Korean yen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwanese_yen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taiwanese yen (not yet started)">Taiwanese yen</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_military_currency_(disambiguation)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese military currency (disambiguation) (not yet started)">Japanese military currency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; background: transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; background: transparent; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_the_Tokugawa_Shogunate.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Tokugawa_Shogunate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_the_Tokugawa_Shogunate.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Tokugawa_Shogunate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Flag_of_the_Tokugawa_Shogunate.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Tokugawa_Shogunate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450" /></span></span> 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Japan" title="History of Japan">History of Japan</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo_Industrial_Exhibition.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tokyo_Industrial_Exhibition.JPG/150px-Tokyo_Industrial_Exhibition.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tokyo_Industrial_Exhibition.JPG/225px-Tokyo_Industrial_Exhibition.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tokyo_Industrial_Exhibition.JPG/300px-Tokyo_Industrial_Exhibition.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1216" data-file-height="680" /></a></span><div class="sidebar-caption" style="padding-bottom:0.3em;">Tokyo Industrial Exhibition, 1907</div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:none;background:gainsboro;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Periods</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_Paleolithic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese Paleolithic (not yet started)">Paleolithic</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">before 14,000 <a href="/wiki/Before_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Before Christ">BC</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">14,000 – 300 BC</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Yayoi_period" title="Yayoi period">Yayoi</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">300 BC – 300 <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">AD</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">300–538</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">538–710</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">710–794</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">794–1185</td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura</a></b></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1185–1333</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenmu_Restoration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenmu Restoration (not yet started)">Kenmu Restoration</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"><i>1333–1336</i></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period"><b>Muromachi</b> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ashikaga)</span></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nanboku-ch%C5%8D_period" title="Nanboku-chō period">Nanboku-chō</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1336–1573</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Azuchi%E2%80%93Momoyama_period" title="Azuchi–Momoyama period"><b>Azuchi–Momoyama</b></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nanban_trade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nanban trade (not yet started)">Nanban trade</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1573–1603</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period"><b>Edo</b> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Tokugawa)</span></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sakoku" title="Sakoku">Sakoku</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_of_Kanagawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convention of Kanagawa (not yet started)">Convention of Kanagawa</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bakumatsu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bakumatsu (not yet started)">Bakumatsu</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1603–1868</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Meiji_period" title="Meiji period"><b>Meiji</b></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boshin_War" title="Boshin War">Boshin War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Restoration</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion" title="Boxer Rebellion">Boxer Rebellion</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a></li></ul></div> 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started)">Financial crisis</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_militarism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese militarism (not yet started)">Militarism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_economic_miracle" title="Japanese economic miracle">Economic miracle</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Post-occupation_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Post-occupation Japan (not yet started)">Post-occupation</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_asset_price_bubble&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese asset price bubble (not yet started)">Bubble economy</a></li></ul></div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1926–1989</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Heisei_period" title="Heisei period"><b>Heisei</b></a> <div class="plainlist" style="padding-left:1.4em;line-height:1.4em;"><ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lost_Decade_(Japan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lost Decade (Japan) (not yet started)">Lost Decade</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake" title="Great Hanshin earthquake">Great Hanshin earthquake</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">Great East Japan earthquake</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Japanese_imperial_transition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Japanese imperial transition (not yet started)">Imperial transition</a></li></ul></div> </div></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">1989–2019 <span style="font-size:85%;">(planned)</span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Reiwa_period" title="Reiwa 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href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_in_French_Indochina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina (not yet started)">Indochina (1945)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Malacca_Strait" title="Battle of the Malacca Strait">Malacca Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Jurist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Jurist (not yet started)"><i>Jurist</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Tiderace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Tiderace (not yet started)"><i>Tiderace</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Zipper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Zipper (not yet started)"><i>Zipper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombing_of_South-East_Asia_(1944%E2%80%9345)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–45) (not yet started)">Strategic bombing (1944–1945)</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Burma_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burma campaign (not yet started)">Burma and India</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_invasion_of_Burma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese invasion of Burma (not yet started)">Burma (1941–1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burma_campaign_1942%E2%80%9343&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burma campaign 1942–43 (not yet started)">Burma (1942–1943)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burma_campaign_1944&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burma campaign 1944 (not yet started)">Burma and India (1944)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Burma_campaign_1944%E2%80%9345&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Burma campaign 1944–45 (not yet started)">Burma (1944–1945)</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II (not yet started)">Southwest Pacific</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dutch_East_Indies_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dutch East Indies campaign (not yet started)">Dutch East Indies (1941–1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippines_campaign_(1941%E2%80%931942)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philippines campaign (1941–1942) (not yet started)">Philippines (1941–1942)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solomon_Islands_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Solomon Islands campaign (not yet started)">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Timor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Timor (not yet started)">Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Axis_naval_activity_in_Australian_waters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Axis naval activity in Australian waters (not yet started)">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Guinea_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Guinea campaign (not yet started)">New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Britain_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Britain campaign (not yet started)">New Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philippines campaign (1944–1945) (not yet started)">Philippines (1944–1945)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Borneo_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Borneo campaign (not yet started)">Borneo (1945)</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Theater_(World_War_II)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Theater (World War II) (not yet started)">North America</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombardment_of_Ellwood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bombardment of Ellwood (not yet started)">Ellwood</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleutian_Islands_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleutian Islands campaign (not yet started)">Aleutian Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Theater_(World_War_II)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Theater (World War II) (not yet started)">Estevan Point Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombardment_of_Fort_Stevens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bombardment of Fort Stevens (not yet started)">Fort Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lookout_Air_Raids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lookout Air Raids (not yet started)">Lookout Air Raids</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fu-Go_balloon_bomb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fu-Go balloon bomb (not yet started)">Fire balloon bombs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Project_Hula&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Project Hula (not yet started)">Project Hula</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_PX&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation PX (not yet started)"><i>PX</i></a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japan campaign (not yet started)">Japan</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_raids_on_Japan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air raids on Japan (not yet started)">Air raids</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombing_of_Tokyo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bombing of Tokyo (not yet started)">Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Attack_on_Yokosuka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Attack on Yokosuka (not yet started)">Yokosuka</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Attacks_on_Kure_and_the_Inland_Sea_(July_1945)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea (July 1945) (not yet started)">Kure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_air_attacks_on_the_Mariana_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands (not yet started)">Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volcano_and_Ryukyu_Islands_campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign (not yet started)">Volcano and Ryukyu Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Starvation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Starvation (not yet started)"><i>Starvation</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Allied_naval_bombardments_of_Japan_during_World_War_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II (not yet started)">Naval bombardments</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Sagami_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Sagami Bay (not yet started)">Sagami Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Invasion_of_South_Sakhalin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Invasion of South Sakhalin (not yet started)">South Sakhalin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Invasion_of_the_Kuril_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Invasion of the Kuril Islands (not yet started)">Kuril Islands</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Shumshu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Shumshu (not yet started)">Shumshu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall"><i>Downfall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Japanese surrender</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_War&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Soviet–Japanese War (not yet started)">Manchuria and Northern Korea</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kantokuen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kantokuen (not yet started)">Kantokuen</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Soviet invasion of Manchuria (not yet started)">Soviet invasion of Manchuria</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Mutanchiang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Mutanchiang (not yet started)">Mutanchiang</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seishin_Operation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seishin Operation (not yet started)">Chongjin</a></li></ul> <hr /></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></th></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Empire of Japan</b><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a> : 大日本帝國) also known as <b>Imperial Japan</b> was a historical <a href="/wiki/Nation_state" title="Nation state">Nation State</a> and great power during the period from the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a> to the Japanese <a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/defeat" class="extiw" title="wikt:defeat">defeat</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. It ruled the Home Islands of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and many other areas. The <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperors</a> during this time, were <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a> (Mutsuhito),from 1868-1912 and <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor Taishō</a> (Yoshihito) from 1912-1926 and Emperor Shōwa (<a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a>) from 1926-1989 . It is considered to go from the year <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a> to <a href="/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a>. Hirohito was still emperor of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> after the empire dissolved in 1947 . <a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a> was emperor of Japan until his death in 1989 . </p><p>In those years, Japan changed greatly. It became one of the most powerful <a href="/wiki/Countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Countries">countries</a> in the <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">world</a>. Japan built a powerful <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Armed_Forces" title="Imperial Japanese Armed Forces">Imperial Japanese Armed Forces</a> (<a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">IJA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">IJN</a>), and changed from an <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural</a> to an <a href="/wiki/Industry" title="Industry">industrial</a> <a href="/wiki/Economy" title="Economy">economy</a>. The Japanese began to <a href="/wiki/Invasion" title="Invasion">invade</a> and occupy other near countries like <a href="/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" title="Korea under Japanese rule">Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a> and part of <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">China</a> to get <a href="/wiki/Natural_resource" title="Natural resource">natural resource</a>s </p><p>The Empire of Japan surrendered to the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a> on <a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a>, after a long war against the Allied nations of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> ending with the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</a>. The Allies occupied the country and made many changes, including a <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">new constitution</a>. Allied <a href="/wiki/Occupation" class="mw-disambig" title="Occupation">occupation</a> and reconstruction of the country continued well into the <a href="/wiki/1950s" title="1950s">1950s</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Empire_of_Japan&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Other websites" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Empire_of_Japan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Other websites"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jearnol2/MeijiRestoration/imperial_japan.htm">Imperial Japan</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 29,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=National+Symbols&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japan-guide.com%2Fe%2Fe2270.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFSchellinger_and_Salkin1996" class="citation book cs1">Schellinger and Salkin, ed. (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vWLRxJEU49EC&pg=PA515">"Kyoto"</a>. <i>International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania</i>. UK: Routledge. p. 515ff. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781884964046" title="Special:BookSources/9781884964046"><bdi>9781884964046</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kyoto&rft.btitle=International+Dictionary+of+Historic+Places%3A+Asia+and+Oceania&rft.place=UK&rft.pages=515ff&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=9781884964046&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvWLRxJEU49EC%26pg%3DPA515&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFJosephson2012" class="citation book cs1">Josephson, Jason Ānanda (2012). <i>The Invention of Religion in Japan</i>. University of Chicago Press. p. 133. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0226412344" title="Special:BookSources/978-0226412344"><bdi>978-0226412344</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Invention+of+Religion+in+Japan&rft.pages=133&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0226412344&rft.aulast=Josephson&rft.aufirst=Jason+%C4%80nanda&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFThomas2014" class="citation thesis cs1">Thomas, Jolyon Baraka (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01xp68kg357"><i>Japan's Preoccupation with Religious Freedom</i></a> (Ph.D.). Princeton University. p. 76.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Japan%27s+Preoccupation+with+Religious+Freedom&rft.inst=Princeton+University&rft.date=2014&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=Jolyon+Baraka&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farks.princeton.edu%2Fark%3A%2F88435%2Fdsp01xp68kg357&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJansen2002669-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJansen2002669_7-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJansen2002">Jansen 2002</a>, p. 669.<span class="error harv-error" style="display: none; font-size:100%"> sfn error: no target: CITEREFJansen2002 (<a href="/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_template_errors" title="Category:Harv and Sfn template errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ndlconstitution-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ndlconstitution_9-0">7.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-ndlconstitution_9-1">7.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/history05.html">"Chronological table 5 December 1, 1946 – June 23, 1947"</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Diet_Library" title="National Diet Library">National Diet Library</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 30,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chronological+table+5+December+1%2C+1946+%E2%80%93+June+23%2C+1947&rft.pub=National+Diet+Library&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndl.go.jp%2Fconstitution%2Fe%2Fetc%2Fhistory05.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHunter198431–32-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunter198431–32_10-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHunter1984">Hunter 1984</a>, pp. 31–32.<span class="error harv-error" style="display: none; font-size:100%"> sfn error: no target: CITEREFHunter1984 (<a href="/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_template_errors" title="Category:Harv and Sfn template errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"One can date the "restoration" of imperial rule from the edict of January 3, 1868." Jansen, p. 334.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Harrison3-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Harrison3_12-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFHarrison2000" class="citation book cs1">Harrison, Mark (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgFu2p5uogwC"><i>The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison</i></a>. Cambridge University Press. p. 3. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521785037" title="Special:BookSources/9780521785037"><bdi>9780521785037</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 2,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Economics+of+World+War+II%3A+Six+Great+Powers+in+International+Comparison&rft.pages=3&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9780521785037&rft.aulast=Harrison&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZgFu2p5uogwC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFConrad2014" class="citation journal cs1">Conrad, Sebastian (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/199424523.pdf">"The Dialectics of Remembrance: Memories of Empire in Cold War Japan"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Comparative_Studies_in_Society_and_History&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Comparative Studies in Society and History (not yet started)">Comparative Studies in Society and History</a></i>. <b>56</b> (1): 8. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0010417513000601">10.1017/S0010417513000601</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0010-4175">0010-4175</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43908281">43908281</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:146284542">146284542</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200708000924/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/199424523.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2020-07-08<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-07-07</span></span>. <q>In 1942, at the moment of its greatest extension, the empire encompassed territories spanning over 7,400,000 square kilometers.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Comparative+Studies+in+Society+and+History&rft.atitle=The+Dialectics+of+Remembrance%3A+Memories+of+Empire+in+Cold+War+Japan&rft.volume=56&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=8&rft.date=2014&rft.issn=0010-4175&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A146284542%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F43908281%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0010417513000601&rft.aulast=Conrad&rft.aufirst=Sebastian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcore.ac.uk%2Fdownload%2Fpdf%2F199424523.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JSTOR-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-JSTOR_14-0">12.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-JSTOR_14-1">12.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFTaeuberBeal1945" class="citation journal cs1">Taeuber, Irene B.; Beal, Edwin G. (January 1945). "The Demographic Heritage of the Japanese Empire". <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Annals_of_the_American_Academy_of_Political_and_Social_Science&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (not yet started)">Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science</a></i>. <b>237</b>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sage_Publications&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sage Publications (not yet started)">Sage Publications</a>: 65. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F000271624523700108">10.1177/000271624523700108</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1025496">1025496</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144547927">144547927</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Annals+of+the+American+Academy+of+Political+and+Social+Science&rft.atitle=The+Demographic+Heritage+of+the+Japanese+Empire&rft.volume=237&rft.pages=65&rft.date=1945-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A144547927%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1025496%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F000271624523700108&rft.aulast=Taeuber&rft.aufirst=Irene+B.&rft.au=Beal%2C+Edwin+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shillony-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Shillony_15-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFShillony2013" class="citation book cs1">Shillony, Ben-Ami (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jQoNuRfzqNMC&pg=PA83"><i>Ben-Ami Shillony – Collected Writings</i></a>. Routledge. p. 83. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1134252305" title="Special:BookSources/978-1134252305"><bdi>978-1134252305</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ben-Ami+Shillony+%E2%80%93+Collected+Writings&rft.pages=83&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1134252305&rft.aulast=Shillony&rft.aufirst=Ben-Ami&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjQoNuRfzqNMC%26pg%3DPA83&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3AEmpire+of+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Modified version used in 1880–1945.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Although the Empire of Japan officially had no state religion,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> played an important part for the Japanese state. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marius_Jansen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marius Jansen (not yet started)">Marius Jansen</a> states: "The Meiji government had from the first incorporated, and in a sense created, Shinto, and utilized its tales of the divine origin of the ruling house as the core of its ritual addressed to ancestors 'of ages past'. As the Japanese empire grew the affirmation of a divine mission for the Japanese race was emphasized more strongly. Shinto was imposed on colonial lands in Taiwan and Korea, and public funds were utilized to build and maintain new shrines there. Shinto priests were attached to army units as chaplains, and the cult of war dead, enshrined at the Yasukuni Jinja in Tokyo, took on ever greater proportions as their number grew."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJansen2002669_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJansen2002669-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span style="font-weight: normal"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja">大日本帝国</span><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display:none">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <i>Dai Nippon Teikoku<sup id="cite_ref-Shillony_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shillony-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i><span class="t_nihongo_help noprint"><sup><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Help:Installing Japanese character sets (not yet started)"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color: #00e; font: bold 80% sans-serif; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 .1em;">?</span></a></sup></span> </span> </span> </li> </ol>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Empire_of_Japan&oldid=9895844">https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Empire_of_Japan&oldid=9895844</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Empire_of_Japan" title="Category:Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fascism" title="Category:Fascism">Fascism</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_the_JsonConfig_extension" title="Category:Pages using the JsonConfig extension">Pages using the JsonConfig extension</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_no-target_errors" title="Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors">Harv and Sfn no-target errors</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Japanese-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Japanese-language text">Articles containing Japanese-language text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_infobox_country_or_infobox_former_country_with_the_flag_caption_or_type_parameters" title="Category:Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the flag caption or type parameters">Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the flag caption or type parameters</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_infobox_country_or_infobox_former_country_with_the_symbol_caption_or_type_parameters" title="Category:Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the symbol caption or type parameters">Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the symbol caption or type parameters</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last changed on 20 November 2024, at 20:37.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License">GFDL</a>; additional terms may apply. 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