1894-1895
first Sino-Japanese War Taiwan ceded to Japan
1904-1905
outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War Southern Sakhalin ceded to Japan
1910
colonization of Korea
1926
succession of Hirohito, the Showa Age begins
1931
occupation of Manchuria
1937
outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War
1940
Tripartite Pact between Japan, Germany and Italy
1941
occupation of French Indo-China
oil and steel embargo by the U.S., Britain and the Dutch East Indies attack on Pearl Harbor, outbreak of the Pacific War
attack on British Malaya, Hong Kong, North Borneo and the Philippines occupation of Thailand
1942
occupation of Burma, Singapore and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
1944
offensive on India’s borders renewed offensive in China
1945
Japanese surrender