List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan
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The following locations represent the maximum extent of Japanese Empire control of lands in the Pacific during the peak of its empire in World War II.
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Overview[edit]
This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945. Control over all territories except the Japanese mainland (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku, and some 6000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the Surrender after World War II and the Treaty of San Francisco. A number of territories occupied by the United States after 1945 have been returned to Japan, see Japan-United States relations for details. In 2005, there are still a number of disputed territories with Russia, South Korea, the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. See foreign relations of Japan for details.
Pre–World War II[edit]
Annexed[edit]
- Ryukyu Islands - 1609-1945 & since 1972 [1]
- Bonin Islands - 1862-1945 & since 1968
- Kuril Islands - 1875-1945
- Volcano Islands - 1891-1945 & since 1968
- Taiwan - 1895-1945
- Minami-Tori-shima - 1898-1945 & since 1968
- South Karafuto (Sakhalin) - 1905-1945
- Kwantung Leased Territory - 1905-1945
- Korea - 1910-1945
- South Pacific Mandate - 1914-1945
- Shandong - formerly of German Empire - 1914-1922
- Okinotorishima - 1931-1945 & since 1968
Occupied[edit]
- Manchuria - 1931-1945
- 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.[2]
World War II[edit]
- Several regions in mainland China - 1938 - 1945
- French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) - July 15, 1940 - August 29, 1945
- Hong Kong (UK) - December 12, 1940 - August 15, 1945
- Thailand - as an 'allied' state although induced - December 8, 1941 - August 15, 1945
- British New Guinea - December 27, 1941 - September 15, 1945
- Philippines (USA) - May 8, 1942 - July 5, 1945
- Guam (USA) - January 6, 1942 - October 24, 1945
- Dutch East Indies - January 18, 1942 - October 21, 1945
- Portuguese Timor - February 19, 1942 - September 2, 1945
- Malaya (UK)- March 27, 1942 - September 6, 1945
- Andaman Islands (India) - March 29, 1942 - September 9, 1945
- Singapore (Singapore) - March 29, 1942 - September 9, 1945
- Kingdom of Sarawak (UK) - March 29, 1942 - September 9, 1945
- Brunei (UK) - March 29, 1942 - September 9, 1945
- Borneo (UK) - March 29, 1942 - September 9, 1945
- Nauru - August 26, 1942 - September 13, 1945
- Wake Island (USA) - December 27, 1941 - September 4, 1945
- Burma - 1942–1945
- Gilbert Islands (UK) - December 1941 - January 22, 1944
- Christmas Island (Australia) - March 1942 - October 1945
- Attu and Kiska Islands (US) - June 6, 1942 - September 27, 1943
Areas attacked but not conquered[edit]
- Air raids on Australia, including:
- British Columbia (Canada)
- Kohima and Manipur (India)
- Colombo and Trincomalee (Sri Lanka)
- Dornod (Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia)
- United States
- Santa Barbara (California)
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
- Midway Atoll
- Fort Stevens (Oregon)
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