Japan timeline
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Siege of Ulsan
The Siege of Ulsan (Hangul: 울산성 전투, Hanja: 蔚山城戰鬪) was an unsuccessful Korean and Chinese attempt to capture Ulsan Castle from the Japanese late in... Read more
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The United States And Japan Sign The Treaty Of Amity And Commerce
On July 29, 1858, the United States and Japan signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (the Harris Treaty). Townsend Harris, the first U.S.... Read more
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Nintendo Founded
Nintendo Company Ltd. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō Kabushiki gaisha) is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23, 1889 by... Read more
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Sinking of the Ottoman Frigate Ertuğrul
After sailing in Asian waters for more than a year, a time filled with various mishaps and difficulties, the Ertugrul arrived in June of 1890 in... Read more
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Meiji-Sanriku Earthquake
Twenty-seven thousand people died in a huge tsunami that swept over the seaport of Kamaishi, Japan, on June 15, 1896. A local earthquake cause mild... Read more
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Wright's First Trip to Japan
Wright was remarkably quiet about his three months in Japan. We know he stayed April 23,1905 at the famous Kanaya Hotel in Nikko and two days later... Read more
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Wright's Second Trip to Japan; Wright As an "Art Dealer"
Returning to Japan in the spring of 1913, it was clear this time that Wright’s intentions were to spend the full 2-month period solely in the... Read more
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Imperial Japanese Navy First Sends the Suwo to Blockade German-Controlled Kiaochow
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) first sent ships under Vice-Admiral Sadakichi Kato, flying his flag in the pre-dreadnought Suwo, to blockade the... Read more
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Japanese 18th Infantry Division Begins Landings at Longkou
During the course of the naval operations off Tsingtao, the British Royal Navy (RN) attached the China Station's pre-dreadnought HMS Triumph and... Read more
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Japanese Army Lands at Laoshan Bay
The 18th Infantry Division was the primary Japanese Army formation that took part in the initial landings, numbering 23,000 soldiers with support... Read more
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Imperial German Navy Torpedo Boat S-90 Sinks Japanese Cruiser Takachiho in the Largest Single Loss of Life for Japanese Forces During the War
As the Japanese approached his position, the German Commander withdrew his forces from the two outer defensive lines and concentrated his troops on... Read more
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Siege of Tsingtao Begins
The Siege of Tsingtao was the attack on the German-controlled port of Tsingtao (now Qingdao) in China during World War I by Imperial Japan and the... Read more
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Lieutenant Gunther Plüschow Flies Sole Successful German Flight During the Siege of Tsingtao
The Germans were only able to field a single aircraft during the siege flown by Lieutenant Gunther Plüschow (a second airplane flown by Lt.... Read more
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Allies Take Formal Possession of German-Controlled Colony at Qingdao
German PoWs returning to Wilhelmshaven, Germany from Japan in February 1920 The Allies took formal possession of the colony on 16 November... Read more
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Imperial Hotel Completed
Tokyo's Imperial Hotel was the best-known of Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings in Japan. The original Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was built in 1890. To... Read more
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Great Kantō Earthquake
On September 1, 1923, just before noon, an earthquake of magnitude 8.3 occurred near the densely populated, modern industrial cities of Tokyo and... Read more
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Imperial Hotel Survives Earthquake
The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923. Varied... Read more
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Mukden Incident
On the evening of September 18, 1931, an explosion occurred on the tracks of the South Manchurian Railroad north of the Chinese city of Mukden... Read more
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Kwantung Army Issues Proclamation Installing Colonel Kenji Doihara as Mayor of Mukden (Modern-Day Shenyang)
The provincial government of Liaoning Province had fled west to Chinchow. Governor Zang Shiyi remained in Mukden, but refused to cooperate with the... Read more
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Lieutenant General Xi Qia Delcares Independence of Kirin Province from the Republic of China Under Protection of the Japanese Army
On 23 September 1931, Lieutenant General Xi Qia of the Kirin Army, was invited by the Japanese to form a provisional government for Kirin Province.... Read more
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Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge
The Resistance at Nenjiang Bridge was a small battle fought between forces of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army against the Imperial Japanese... Read more
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Battle of Tsitsihar
On November 15, 1931, despite having lost more than 400 killed and 300 wounded since November 5, General Ma declined a Japanese ultimatum to... Read more
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Chinchow Operation
While the other Japanese forces and collaborationist Manchurian troops spread out from their bases along the South Manchurian Railway rail lines to... Read more
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'January 28 Incident' Sparks Short War Over City of Shanghai Between Japan and China
After the Mukden Incident, Japan had acquired the vast northeastern region of China and would eventually establish the puppet government of... Read more
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Proclamation of the Manchu State
On 18 February 1932 the Manchu State (Manchukuo, Pinyin: Mǎnzhōuguó)[3] was proclaimed and recognized by Japan on 16 September 1932. The city of... Read more