The election of Katō Takaakias Prime Minister of Japan continued democratic reforms that had been advocated by influential individuals on the left. This culminated in the pass… 查看更多內容

After World War I, the Western Powers, influenced by Wilsonian ideology, attempted an effort at general disarmament. At the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–1922, the Great Powers met to set limit… 查看更多內容

On July 7, 1937, at the Marco Polo Bridge, the Japanese Kwantung army stationed there used explosions heard on the Chinese side of Manchuria as a pretext for invasion. The invasion led to a large-scale war known as the Seco… 查看更多內容

With the defeat of the Empire of Japan, the Allied Powers dissolved the Empire of Japan. The Soviet Union was made responsible for North Korea, and annexed the Kuril Islands and th… 查看更多內容

Japan's remarkable economic growth in the decades following 1950 has been called the "Japanese M… 查看更多內容

Prior to 1868, most Japanese more readily identified with their feudal domain rather than the idea of "Japan… 查看更多內容

The withdrawal from the League of Nations meant that Japan was politically isolated. Japan had no strong allies and its actions had been internationally condemned, whilst internally popular nationalism was boomi… 查看更多內容

Negotiations for a German-Japanese alliance began in 1937 with the onset of hostilities between Japan and China. On September 27, 1940, the Tripartite Pact was signed, creating the Rome-Tokyo-Berlin Axis. The allianc… 查看更多內容

A new genus, Showajidaia, and new family, Showajidaiidae, of nudibranch mollusks were named in 2020. 查看更多內容