List of wars involving Japan
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This is a list of wars involving Japan.
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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Jōmon period | |||
East Expedition of Emperor Jimmu (c. 7th century BCE) |
Kamu-yamato Iware-biko no mikoto's loyal warriors | Troops led by local chiefdoms | Kamu-yamato Iware-biko no mikoto victory
|
Yayoi period | |||
Civil War of Wa (2nd century CE) |
Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms | Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms | Establishment of Yamatai state
|
Yamato period | |||
Goguryeo–Wa conflicts (391–404) |
Wa Baekje Gaya |
Goguryeo Silla |
Defeat
|
Mishihase War (658–660) |
Yamato State Emishi |
Mishihase | Victory
|
Baekje-Tang War (660–663) |
Yamato (Wa) Baekje Goguryeo |
Tang Silla |
Defeat |
Jinshin War (672) |
Prince Ōama | Prince Ōtomo | Prince Ōama victory
|
Nara period | |||
Thirty-Eight Years' War (770–811) |
Imperial Court | Emishi | Imperial victory
|
Heian period | |||
Former Nine Years' War (1051–1063) |
Imperial Court | Abe clan | Imperial victory
|
Later Three-Year War (c. 1083–1089) |
Minamoto clan Northern Fujiwara clan |
Kiyohara clan | Minamoto and Fujiwara victory
|
Genpei War (1180–1185) |
Minamoto clan | Taira clan | Minamoto victory
|
Kamakura period | |||
Jōkyū War (1221) |
Kamakura shogunate | Retired Emperor Go-Toba's loyal warriors | Kamakura victory
|
Mongol invasions of Japan (1274 and 1281) |
Japan | Mongol Empire
|
Victory
|
Genkō War (1331–1333) |
Emperor Go-Daigo's loyal forces | Kamakura shogunate | Imperial victory
|
Muromachi period | |||
Ōei Invasion (1419) |
Ashikaga shogunate | Korea | Victory[1]
|
Ōnin War (1467–1477) |
Hosokawa clan | Ashikaga shogunate Yamana clan |
Stalemate
|
Azuchi–Momoyama period | |||
Bunroku-Keicho War/Imjin War (1592–1598) |
Japan | Korea China |
Defeat
|
Edo period | |||
Invasion of Ryukyu (1609) |
Satsuma Domain | Ryūkyū Kingdom | Satsuma victory
|
Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) |
Tokugawa shogunate Dutch Empire |
Roman Catholics and rōnin rebels | Tokugawa victory
|
Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863) |
Satsuma Domain | British Empire | Stalemate
|
Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) |
Chōshū Domain | British Empire Dutch Empire France United States |
Defeat
|
Summer War (1866) |
Chōshū Domain | Tokugawa shogunate Aizu Domain |
Chōshū victory
|
Meiji period | |||
Boshin War (1868–1869) |
Imperial Court
Tozama:
Other Tozama daimyō:
United States United Kingdom |
Tokugawa shogunate Aizu Domain
Takamatsu Domain France |
Imperial victory
|
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874) (1874) |
Japan | Paiwan China |
Victory
|
Battle of Ganghwa (1875) |
Japan | Korea | Victory
|
Southwestern War (1877) |
Japan | Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain | Imperial victory
|
First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) |
Japan | China | Victory
|
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) |
Japan | Formosa | Victory
|
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
Japan Russia United Kingdom France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy |
Boxers China |
Victory
|
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) |
Japan | Russia | Victory
|
Battle of Namdaemun (1907) |
Japan | Korea | Victory
|
Beipu uprising (1907) |
Japan | Hakka Saisiyat |
Victory
|
Taishō period | |||
Truku War (1914) |
Japan | Truku Tribe | Victory
|
Tapani incident (1915) |
Japan | Tai Republic Han Taiwanese Taiwanese aborigines |
Victory
|
World War I (1914–1918) |
Japan France United Kingdom
Russia |
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
Victory
|
Siberian Intervention (1918–1922) |
Japan White movement United States United Kingdom France Italy Poland China Czechoslovakia Mongolia |
Russia Far Eastern Republic Mongolian People's Party |
Defeat
|
Shōwa period | |||
Jinan incident (1928) |
Japan | Kuomintang government | Victory
|
Musha Incident (1930) |
Japan Toda Truku (Taroko) |
Tkdaya | Victory
|
Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931–1932) |
Japan | China | Victory
|
January 28 incident (1932) |
Japan | China | stalemate
|
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1939) |
Japan
|
Soviet Union Mongolia |
Defeat |
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) |
Japan
Reorganized National Government |
China
United States |
Defeat
|
Invasion of French Indochina (1940) |
Japan | Vichy France
|
Victory
|
World War II (1941–1945) |
Japan Germany Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Finland Thailand Iraq |
United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway Czechoslovakia India Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Mongolia Tuva |
Defeat
|
Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949) |
Japan (volunteers) Indonesia India (defectors) |
Japan (until 1946)
Netherlands
United Kingdom Australia |
Indonesian Victory
|
Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
Japan United Kingdom France |
Viet Minh | Victory
|
Heisei period | |||
Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001) |
Japan | North Korea | Victory
|
Iraq War (2003–2011) |
|
Sunni insurgents
Shia insurgents
|
Victory
|
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) |
Japan Somalia NATO Australia China Colombia India Indonesia Malaysia New Zealand Oman Pakistan Puntland Russia Saudi Arabia Seychelles Singapore South Korea Ukraine |
Somali pirates | Victory
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See also[]
Reference[]
- ^ "The Veritable Records of King Sejong". Retrieved 20 January 2021.
左議政朴訔啓: "左軍節制使朴實 對馬島敗軍時所(護)〔獲〕 漢人 宋官童等十一名, 備知我師見敗之狀, 不可解送中國, 以見我國之弱。Left State Councilor Bak Eun advised, "Eleven Chinese people including Song Guantong, who were freed when Bak Sil, commander of the Left Army, was defeated in Tsushima Island, know much about the situation in which our troops were defeated. [They] should not be sent to China under escort, because that would reveal our country’s weakness [to China]."
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