- Source: List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan
This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the unconditional surrender after World War II and the Treaty of San Francisco. A number of territories occupied by the United States after 1945 were returned to Japan, but there are still a number of disputed territories between Japan and Russia (the Kuril Islands dispute), South Korea and North Korea (the Liancourt Rocks dispute), the People's Republic of China and Taiwan (the Senkaku Islands dispute).
Pre-WWII
= Colonies
=Taiwan and the Penghu Islands – 1895–1945
Karafuto – 1905–1943
Kantō – 1905–1945
Chōsen – 1910–1945
Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory – 1914–1922
Nan’yō 1919–1945
= Occupied territories
=All ports and major towns in the Primorsky Krai and Siberia regions of Russia east of the city of Chita, from 1918 until gradually withdrawing in 1922.
North Sakhalin was occupied by Japan 1920–1925.
World War II
Disclaimer: Not all areas were considered part of Imperial Japan but rather part of puppet states & sphere of influence, allies, included separately for demographic purposes. Sources: POPULSTAT Asia Oceania
Other occupied islands during World War II:
Andaman Islands (India) – March 29, 1942 – September 9, 1945
Christmas Island (Australia) – March 1942 – October 1945
Attu and Kiska (Alaska, United States) – June 3, 1942 – August 15, 1943
= Areas attacked but not conquered
=Kohima and Manipur (India)
Dornod (Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia)
Midway Atoll (United States)
= Raided without immediate intent of occupation
=Air raids
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii, United States)
Colombo and Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)
Calcutta (India)
Chittagong (Bangladesh)
Air raids on Australia, including:
Broome (Western Australia, Australia)
Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)
Townsville (Queensland, Australia)
Dutch Harbor (Alaska, United States)
Lookout Air Raids (Oregon, United States)
Naval bombardment by submarine
British Columbia (Canada)
Ellwood (Santa Barbara, California, United States)
Fort Stevens (Oregon, United States)
Newcastle (New South Wales, Australia)
Gregory (Western Australia, Australia)
Midget sub attack
Sydney (New South Wales, Australia)
Diego Suarez (Madagascar)
See also
Japanese colonial empire
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Tanaka Memorial
Jewish settlement in the Japanese Empire
List of wars involving Japan
Sangokujin – 'third country person'
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan
- Japanese colonial empire
- Japan during World War II
- List of island countries
- Empire of Japan
- Territories of the United States
- British Empire
- Surrender of Japan
- Holy Roman Empire
- Partition of the Ottoman Empire
