List of wars involving Japan

• Kamu-yamato Iware-biko no-mikoto became first Emperor (Emperor Jimmu).
• Mythical foundation of Japan

• Consolidation of chiefdoms
• Himiko made queen

• Ara Gaya

• The Wa troops withdrew from the capital of Silla, but Ara Gaya captured the capital of Silla again.
• The Wa troops lost the battle against Goguryeo in Pyongyang (Gwanggaeto Stele).

• Mishihase were possible recent settlers from Siberia.
• Yamato and Emishi force defeated Mishihase. (Nihon Shoki)
• Place uncertain, possibly Hokkaido

• Wa troops withdrew from Baekje.
• Conquest of Baekje by the Tang dynasty and Silla

• Death of Prince Ōtomo
• Emperor Tenmu (Prince Ōama) acceded to the throne.

• Sakanoue no Tamuramaro became shōgun.
• Death of Aterui. Most of Emishi entered under the rule of Imperial Court.

• Rise of the Minamoto clan
• The Kiyohara clan ruled Mutsu Province and Dewa Province.

• The Northern Fujiwara clan ruled the former territory of the Kiyohara clan.

• Death of Emperor Antoku
• Establishment of the Kamakura shogunate

• Retired emperors exiled

• Imperial Court
  • Kamakura shogunate
  • Hōjō clan
  • Sō clan
  • Shōni clan
  • Sashi clan
  • Taira clan
  • Kikuchi clan
  • Ōtomo clan
  • Shimazu clan
  • Matsura clan

• China
• Korea

• Japan defeats the Mongol invasions.

• Rise of the Ashikaga shogunate

• Sō clan

• Withdrawal of Korean armies from Tsushima[3][4]
• After 24 years, the Treaty of Gyehae was concluded and the number of wokou gradually decreased.[5]

• Hosokawa clan gains control of the shogunate
• Ashikaga Yoshihisa assumed the post of shōgun
• Most of Kyoto destroyed
• Disintegration of the power of the Shogunate, beginning of the Sengoku period[6]

• Toyotomi clan

• Withdrawal of Japanese armies from Korean peninsula following military stalemate

• The Ryukyu Kingdom becomes a Japanese vassal state.

• National seclusion policy imposed
• Christianity driven underground

• Kagoshima is bombarded by British Ships
• Satsuma makes payment of £25,000 to the British[7]

Choshu Defeat

• Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000.

• Choshu Victory
• Weakening of the Tokugawa shogunate

Tozama:

Satchō Alliance

• Satsuma Domain
• Chōshū Domain

Other Tozama daimyō:

• Tosa Domain
• Hiroshima Domain
• Tsu Domain
• Saga Domain
• Ogaki Domain
• Hirosaki Domain
• Kuroishi Domain
• Yodo Domain

 Japan

 United States

 United Kingdom

Aizu Domain
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei

• Jozai Domain
• Nagaoka Domain
• Sendai Domain

and others...

Takamatsu Domain
Tsuruoka Domain
Kuwana Domain
Matsuyama Domain
Ogaki Domain

Republic of Ezo

 France

• End of the Tokugawa shogunate
• Meiji Restoration

• Occupation of Taiwan by Japan

• Severe damage inflicted on Korean defenses

• Shizoku rebellions were suppressed.
• The conscription system was established in Japan.

• Korea removed from Chinese suzerainty
• Treaty of Shimonoseki

• Annexation of Formosa

• The rebellion was suppressed.
• Signing of the Boxer Protocol
• Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing

• Treaty of Portsmouth
• Russia cedes Guandong Leased Territory and South Sakhalin to Japan

• Imperial Korean Armed Forces was disbanded.

• Marked a new phase in armed Taiwanese resistance.

• Truku Tribe were scattered into many different locations.

• The colonial government subsequently took steps to improve colonial administration in southern Taiwan.

 Japan

 France

•  India
•  Canada
•  Australia
•  New Zealand
•  South Africa

 Russia
 Italy
 United States
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Belgium
 Romania
 Portugal
Hejaz
China
 Greece
 Brazil

• End of the German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, and Russian Empire
• Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East
• Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers
• Creation of the League of Nations

• Bolsheviks regain Siberia.

• Occupation of Jinan by Japanese Army

• Seediq land was given to the Truku (Taroko) and Toda by the Japanese after the incident.

• Tanggu Truce
• Establishment of the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo

• The rebels have been crushed.

• China and Japan signed the Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement
• Shanghai demilitarized

 

• Manchukuo
• Korea

• Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact

 Japan

Reorganized National Government
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
Provisional Government
Reformed Government
East Hebei

 Republic of China

 United States
 Soviet Union
 Britain

• Merged into World War II
• Chinese victory as part of the Allied victory in the Pacific War
• Surrender of all Japanese forces in mainland China (excluding Manchuria), Formosa and French Indochina north of 16° north to China
• China becomes a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
• Resumption of the Chinese Civil War

 Vichy France

• French Indochina

• Japanese occupation of Northern French Indochina

• Fall of the Empire of Japan, Greater German Realm, and Kingdom of Italy
• Allied occupation of Japan and Germany
• Continuation of the Chinese Civil War
• Substantial weakening of European colonial powers, gradual decolonization of Asia (including the Indonesian National Revolution and the First Indochina War)
• Creation of the United Nations
• Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
• Beginning of the Cold War

Allied victory

• End of World War II
• Fall of the Empire of Japan
• Continuation of the Chinese Civil War
• Substantial weakening of European colonial powers and the gradual decolonization of Asia
  • First Indochina War
  • Indonesian National Revolution
  • Korean War
• 1951 Treaty of San Francisco
• 1956 Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration

Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952)

• Removal of Japanese troops occupying parts of China and the retrocession of Taiwan to China
• Liberation of Korea and Manchuria from Japanese rule, followed by the division of Korea
• Cession of Japanese-held islands in the Central Pacific Ocean to the United Nations
• Seizure and annexation of South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands by the Soviet Union
• The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is created by the United Nations and placed under the authority of the United States. The UN Security Council ended the vast trusteeship in stages, from 1986 to 1994, with the US gaining the territory of the Northern Mariana Islands.

 Japan

 Netherlands

•  Dutch East Indies
•  Dutch Caribbean

 United Kingdom

•  India

 Australia

• Netherlands accepts the Independence of Indonesia
• Restoration of the reputation of the remnants of the Japanese army

• Restoration of French rule in Indochina
• Start of the First Indochina War, lasting until the Geneva Conference of 1954

• North Korean naval trawler sunk

Coalition forces

•  Japan
•  South Korea
•  Spain
•  Denmark
•  Romania
•  El Salvador
•  Estonia
•  Bulgaria
•  Moldova
•  Albania
•  Ukraine
•  Czech Republic
•  Tonga
•  Azerbaijan
•  Singapore
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina
•  Macedonia
•  Latvia
•  Kazakhstan
•  Armenia
•  Mongolia
•  Georgia
•  Slovakia
•  Lithuania
•  Italy
•  Norway
•  Hungary
•  Netherlands
•  Portugal
•  New Zealand
•  Thailand
•  Philippines
•  Honduras
•  Dominican Republic
•  Nicaragua
•  Iceland

•  United States
•  United Kingdom
•  Australia
•  Poland

Peshmerga

New Iraqi government

 Iraq

• Invasion and occupation of Iraq
• Defeat of Ba'ath Party-led regime and execution of Saddam Hussein
• Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and civil war
• Subsequent depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security
• Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new Shia led government
• U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
• Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq
• Rise of Iraqi insurgency after U.S. withdrawal and spillover with the Syrian Civil War
• Resurgence of al-Qaeda in Iraq and Syria

• Number of Somali pirate attacks have been reduced dramatically.