Japanese_colonies

List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan

List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan

Territories acquired and administered by the Empire of Japan (1868–1945)

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).

Members of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; territory controlled at maximum height. Japan and its allies in dark red; Thailand and Free India. Occupied territories/client states in lighter red. Korea, Taiwan, and Karafuto (South Sakhalin) were integral parts of Japan.
Maximum extent of the Japanese empire

Pre-1945

Colonies

Occupied territories

World War II

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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[2] Oceania[3]

Other occupied islands during World War II:

Areas attacked but not conquered

Raided without immediate intent of occupation

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Leonard A. Humphreys (1995). 'The Way of the Heavenly Sword: The Japanese Army in the 1920s. Stanford University Press. p. 26.
  2. [2]
    http://www.populstat.info/Asia/asia.doc Archived 2020-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Populstat ASIA
  3. [3]
    http://www.populstat.info/Oceania/oceania.doc Archived 2020-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Populstat OCEANIA
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