Historical Organization
Empire of Japan
Empire of Japan
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Organization Timeline
Japan presents the Twenty-One Demands
📅 18 January 1915Japan delivered demands seeking expanded rights and influence in China, including in Shandong and Manchuria. The episode intensified Chinese nationalism and highlighted how imperial rivalry threatened...
Japan proclaims the puppet state of Manchukuo
📅 1 March 1932Japan announced Manchukuo in occupied Manchuria, presenting a state under the nominal rule of former Qing emperor Puyi. The Lytton Commission later concluded that the new state did not represent a...
Japan gives notice of withdrawal from the League of Nations
📅 27 March 1933Japan formally notified the League of Nations that it would withdraw after the League rejected recognition of Manchukuo. The withdrawal followed Japan's occupation of Manchuria and the Lytton inquiry....
Japan seizes French Indochina and disarms the colonial army
📅 9 March 1945Japanese forces launched a coup against the French administration, disarming French troops and ending the arrangement under which Vichy France had administered Indochina under Japanese pressure. Japan...
Japan announces acceptance of surrender terms
📅 15 August 1945Japan announced it would accept the Allied surrender terms, ending the Pacific War. In China, the end of Japanese occupation opened a struggle over political authority and control of territory;...