List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan

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.

Overview 1
Pre–World War II 2
- Annexed 2.1
- Occupied 2.2
World War II 3
- Areas attacked but not conquered 3.1
See also 4
References 5

Overview

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

Annexed

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

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

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

Air raids on Australia, including:
- Broome (Western Australia)
- Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)
- Newcastle (New South Wales, Australia)
- Sydney (New South Wales, Australia)
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)

References

^ Gregory Smits (1999). Visions of Ryukyu: Early-Modern Thought and Politics. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 143–149·
^ Leonard A. Humphreys (1995). 'The Way of the Heavenly Sword: The Japanese Army in the 1920s. Stanford University Press. p. 26.

Countries and territories occupied by Imperial Japan during World War II

British Empire	Burma Christmas Island Hong Kong India: Andaman Islands Malaya Nauru Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan and British North Borneo Singapore

United States	Attu Guam Kiska Philippines Wake Island

Other	China Mengkiang French Indochina Cambodia Laos Vietnam

1870-1937	Karafuto Korea Manchukuo South Pacific Mandate :Northern Marianas Taiwan

Empire of Japan

Overview

Emperors

Government

Military

Symbols

History

Meiji period	Meiji Restoration Boshin War Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War Triple Intervention Boxer Rebellion Anglo-Japanese Alliance Russo-Japanese War

Taishō period	World War I Siberian Intervention General Election Law Washington Naval Treaty

Shōwa period	Shōwa financial crisis Pacification of Manchukuo Anti-Comintern Pact Second Sino-Japanese War Tripartite Pact Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact Pacific War Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Soviet–Japanese War (1945) Surrender (Potsdam Declaration, Gyokuon-hōsō) Occupation

Territories

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere	Karafuto Korea Kwantung Manchukuo South Pacific Taiwan

Occupied territories	Borneo Burma Hong Kong Dutch East Indies Malaya Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

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List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan