Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan

For the Post-WWII Japanese military (1954–), see Japan Self-Defense Forces. For the Japan Defense Agency (1954–2007), the Japan Ministry of Defense (2007–), see Ministry of Defense (Japan).

The Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan prior to and until the Second World War (1871–1945) included the:

Air forces were divided between the army and the navy.

References

Overview

Emperors

Government

Military

Symbols

History

Meiji period	Meiji Restoration Boshin War Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War Triple Intervention Boxer Rebellion Anglo-Japanese Alliance Russo-Japanese War

Taishō period	World War I Siberian Intervention General Election Law Washington Naval Treaty

Shōwa period	Shōwa financial crisis Pacification of Manchukuo Anti-Comintern Pact Second Sino-Japanese War Tripartite Pact Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact Pacific War Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Soviet–Japanese War (1945) Surrender (Potsdam Declaration, Gyokuon-hōsō) Occupation

Territories

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere	Karafuto Korea Kwantung Manchukuo South Pacific Taiwan

Occupied territories	Borneo Burma Hong Kong Dutch East Indies Malaya Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam