Japanese Empire

The Empire of Japan[c] was a historical nation-state[d] and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent formation of modern Japan.[6] It encompassed the Japanese archipelago and several colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories. Under the slogans of Fukoku Kyōhei[e] and Shokusan Kōgyō,[f] Japan underwent a period of industrialization and militarization, the Meiji Restoration being the fastest modernisation of any country to date, all of these aspects contributed to Japan's emergence as a great power and the establishment of a colonial empire following the First Sino-Japanese War, the...View all