# Empire o Japan

| Empire o Japan 大日本帝國 *Dai Nippon Teikoku* |
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| 1868–1947 |
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| **Motto:**八紘一宇 "Hakkō ichiu" ("Universal Britherhuid") or ("Aw Aicht Corners o the Warld") |
| **Anthem:**君が代 "Kimigayo" ("Mey Your Reign Last Forever") Offeecially translatit: ("Naitional Anthem") |
| The Empire o Japan in 1942.

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* Puppet states / Occupied territories
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| Caipital | Tokyo |
| Common leids | Japanese |
| Releegion  | None (*de jure*) State Shinto (*ex post facto*) |
| Govrenment | Absolute monarchy Wioot the constitution (1868–90) Wi the constitution (1890–1947) Single-pairty state (1940-1945) |
| Emperor |   |
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| • 1868–1912  | Meiji |
| • 1912–1926  | Taishō |
| • 1926–1947  | Shōwa |
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| Prime Meenister |   |
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| • 1885–88  | Itō Hirobumi (first) |
| • 1946–47  | Shigeru Yoshida (last) |
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| Legislatur | Imperial Diet |
| • Upper house | Hoose o Peers |
| • Lower house | Hoose o Representatives |
| Historical era | Meiji, Taishō, Shōwa |
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| • Meiji Restoration  | 3 Januar 1868 |
| • Constitution adopted  | 29 November 1890 |
| • Russo-Japanese War  | 10 Februar 1904 |
| • Paceefic War  | 1941–45 |
| • Surrender o Japan  | 2 September 1945 |
| • Reconstituted  | 3 Mey 1947 |
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| Aurie |
| 1942 estimate | 7,400,000 km2 (2,900,000 sq mi) |
| Currency | Japanese yen, Korean yen, Taiwanese yen, Japanese militar yen |
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| **Precedit bi** | **Succeedit bi** |
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|  | Tokugawa Shogunate |
|  | Ryūkyū Kinrick |
|  | Republic o Ezo |
|  | Qing Dynasty |
|  | Roushie Empire |
|  | Korean Empire |
|  | New Guinea |
|  | Unitit States Commonweel o the Philippines Islands |

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| Occupied Japan |  |
| Militar Govrenment o the Ryukyu Islands |  |
| Republic o Cheenae |  |
| Militar Govrenment in Korea |  |
| Soviet Ceevil Authority |  |
| Soviet Union |  |
| Trust Territory o the Paceefic Islands |  |
| Unitit States Commonweel o the Philippines Islands |  |

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| Empire o Japan |
| Offeecial Term name |
| Offeecial Term | Empire o Japan |
| Literal Translation name |
| Literal Translation | Empire o Great Japan |

The **Empire o Japan** (大日本帝國, *Dai Nippon Teikoku*, literally "Empire o Great Japan") wis an empire an warld pouer that existit frae the Meiji Restoration on 3 Januar 1868 tae the enactment o the post-Warld War II Constitution o Japan on 3 Mey 1947.

Imperial Japan's rapid industrialization an militarization unner the slogan *Fukoku Kyōhei* (富国強兵, "Enrich the Kintra, Strengthen the Airmy") led tae its emergence as a warld pouer, eventually culminatin in its membership in the Axis alliance an the conquest o a muckle pairt o the Asie-Paceefic region. At the hicht o its pouer in 1942, the Japanese Empire ruled ower a land aurie spannin 7,400,000 square kilometre (2,857,000 sq mi), makin it ane o the lairgest maritime empires in history.

Efter several muckle-scale militar successes durin the Seicont Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) an the Paceefic War, the Empire o Japan an aa gained notoriety for its war crimes against the fowks o the kintras it conquered. Efter sufferin mony defeats an the atomic bombins o Hiroshima an Nagasaki, houiver, the Empire o Japan surrendered tae the Allies on 2 September 1945. A period o occupation bi the Allies follaeed the surrender, an a new constitution wis creatit wi American involvement. The constitution came intae force on 3 Mey 1947, offeecially dissolvin the Empire. American occupation an Japanese reconstruction o the kintra continued well intae the 1950s, eventually furmin the current naition-state whose full title is the "State o Japan" (**Nippon-koku**) simply rendered "Japan" in Inglis.

The Emperors durin this time, which spanned the entire Meiji an Taishō, an the lesser pairt o the Shōwa eras, are nou kent in Japan bi thair posthumous names, which coincide wi those era names: Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito), Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito), an Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito).

## Freemit airtins

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