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
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
  • Kamu-yamato Iware-biko no-mikoto became first Emperor (Emperor Jimmu).
  • Mythical foundation of Japan
Yayoi period
Civil War of Wa
(2nd century CE)
Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms Establishment of Yamatai state
  • Consolidation of chiefdoms
  • Himiko made queen
Yamato period
Goguryeo–Wa conflicts
(391–404)
Wa
Baekje
Gaya
Goguryeo
Silla
Defeat
  • The Wa troops withdrew from the capital of Silla, but Ara Gaya captured the capital of Silla again.
  • The Wa troops lost the battle against Goguryeo in Pyongyang (Gwanggaeto Stele).
Mishihase War
(658–660)
Yamato State
Emishi
Mishihase Victory
  • Mishihase were possible recent settlers from Siberia.
  • Yamato and Emishi force defeated Mishihase. (Nihon Shoki)
  • Place uncertain, possibly Hokkaido
Baekje-Tang War
(660–663)
Yamato (Wa)
Baekje
Goguryeo
Tang
Silla
Defeat
Jinshin War
(672)
Prince Ōama Prince Ōtomo Prince Ōama victory
  • Death of Prince Ōtomo
  • Emperor Tenmu (Prince Ōama) acceded to the throne.
Nara period
Thirty-Eight Years' War
(770–811)
Imperial Court Emishi Imperial victory
  • Sakanoue no Tamuramaro became shōgun.
  • Death of Aterui. Most of Emishi entered under the rule of Imperial Court.
Heian period
Former Nine Years' War
(1051–1063)
Imperial Court Abe clan Imperial victory
Later Three-Year War
(c. 1083–1089)
Sasa Rindo.svg Minamoto clan
Northern Fujiwara clan
Kiyohara clan Minamoto and Fujiwara victory
  • The Northern Fujiwara clan ruled the former territory of the Kiyohara clan.
Genpei War
(1180–1185)
Sasa Rindo.svg Minamoto clan Ageha-cho.svg Taira clan Minamoto victory
Kamakura period
Jōkyū War
(1221)
Japanese Crest mitu Uroko.svg Kamakura shogunate Imperial Seal of Japan.svg Retired Emperor Go-Toba's loyal warriors Kamakura victory
  • Retired emperors exiled
Mongol invasions of Japan
(1274 and 1281)
Japan Mongol Empire
  • China
  • Korea
Victory
  • Japan defeats the Mongol invasions.
Genkō War
(1331–1333)
Imperial Seal of Japan.svg Emperor Go-Daigo's loyal forces Japanese Crest mitu Uroko.svg Kamakura shogunate Imperial victory
Muromachi period
Ōei Invasion
(1419)
Ashikaga mon.svg Ashikaga shogunate Korea Victory[1]
  • Withdrawal of Korean armies from Tsushima island
Ōnin War
(1467–1477)
Mon Hosokawa.JPG Hosokawa clan Ashikaga mon.svg Ashikaga shogunate
五七桐に七葉根笹.png Yamana clan
Stalemate
  • Weakening of the Ashikaga shogunate
Azuchi–Momoyama period
Bunroku-Keicho War/Imjin War
(1592–1598)
Japan Korea
China
Defeat
  • Withdrawal of Japanese armies from Korean peninsula following military stalemate
Edo period
Invasion of Ryukyu
(1609)
Maru juji.svg Satsuma Domain  Ryūkyū Kingdom Satsuma victory
  • The Ryukyu Kingdom becomes a vassal state.
Shimabara Rebellion
(1637–1638)
Tokugawa family crest.svg Tokugawa shogunate
 Dutch Empire
Roman Catholics and rōnin rebels Tokugawa victory
Bombardment of Kagoshima
(1863)
Maru juji.svg Satsuma Domain  British Empire Stalemate
  • Tactical stalemate and mitigated British victory
Shimonoseki Campaign
(1863–1864)
Ichimonjimitsuboshi.svg Chōshū Domain  British Empire
 Dutch Empire
 France
 United States
Defeat
  • Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000.
Summer War
(1866)
Ichimonjimitsuboshi.svg Chōshū Domain Tokugawa family crest.svg Tokugawa shogunate
Japanese crest Aizu Aoi.svg Aizu Domain
Chōshū victory
  • Weakening of the Tokugawa shogunate
Meiji period
Boshin War
(1868–1869)
Imperial Court

Tozama:

Other Tozama daimyō:


 Japan


 United States

 United Kingdom

Tokugawa shogunate

Aizu Domain
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei

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Takamatsu Domain
Tsuruoka Domain
Kuwana Domain
Matsuyama Domain
Ogaki Domain


Republic of Ezo


 France

Imperial victory
  • End of the Tokugawa shogunate
  • Meiji Restoration
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)
(1874)
 Japan Paiwan
 China
Victory
  • Occupation of Taiwan by Japan
Battle of Ganghwa
(1875)
 Japan Flag of the king of Joseon.svg Korea Victory
  • Severe damage inflicted on Korean defenses
Southwestern War
(1877)
 Japan Maru juji.svg Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain Imperial victory
  • Shizoku rebellions were suppressed.
  • The conscription system was established in Japan.
First Sino-Japanese War
(1894–1895)
 Japan  China Victory
Japanese invasion of Taiwan
(1895)
 Japan Flag of Formosa 1895.svg Formosa Victory
  • Annexation of Formosa
Boxer Rebellion
(1899–1901)
 Japan
 Russia
 United Kingdom
 France
 United States
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Italy
Yihetuan flag.png Boxers
 China
Victory
  • The rebellion was suppressed.
  • Signing of the Boxer Protocol
  • Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing
Russo-Japanese War
(1904–1905)
 Japan  Russia Victory
Battle of Namdaemun
(1907)
 Japan  Korea Victory
  • Imperial Korean Armed Forces was disbanded.
Beipu uprising
(1907)
 Japan Hakka
Saisiyat
Victory
  • Marked a new phase in armed Taiwanese resistance.
Taishō period
Truku War
(1914)
 Japan Truku Tribe Victory
  • Truku Tribe were scattered into many different locations.
Tapani incident
(1915)
 Japan Tai Republic
Han Taiwanese
Taiwanese aborigines
Victory
  • The colonial government subsequently took steps to improve colonial administration in southern Taiwan.
World War I
(1914–1918)
 Japan
 France
British Empire United Kingdom

 Russia
 Italy
 United States
 Serbia
 Montenegro
 Belgium
 Romania
 Portugal
Hejaz
Republic of China (1912–1949) China
 Greece
 Brazil

 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Victory
  • End of the German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, and Russian Empire
  • Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East
  • Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers
  • Creation of the League of Nations
Siberian Intervention
(1918–1922)
 Japan
White movement
 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Italy
 Poland
Republic of China (1912–1949) China
 Czechoslovakia
Mongolia
Flag of Russian SFSR (1918-1937).svg Russia
 Far Eastern Republic
Mongolian People's Party
Defeat
  • Bolsheviks regain Siberia.
Shōwa period
Jinan incident
(1928)
 Japan Republic of China (1912–1949) Kuomintang government Victory
  • Occupation of Jinan by Japanese Army
Musha Incident
(1930)
 Japan
Toda
Truku (Taroko)
Tkdaya Victory
  • Seediq land was given to the Truku (Taroko) and Toda by the Japanese after the incident.
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
(1931–1932)
 Japan  China Victory
January 28 incident
(1932)
 Japan  China stalemate
  • China and Japan signed the Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement
  • Shanghai demilitarized
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
(1932–1939)
 Japan  Soviet Union
 Mongolia
Defeat
Second Sino-Japanese War
(1937–1945)
 Japan

Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction).svg Reorganized National Government
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
Provisional Government
Reformed Government
East Hebei

 China

 United States
 Soviet Union
 British Empire

Defeat
  • Merged into World War II
  • Chinese victory as part of the Allied victory in the Pacific War
  • Surrender of all Japanese forces in mainland China (excluding Manchuria), Formosa and French Indochina north of 16° north to China
  • China becomes a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
  • Resumption of the Chinese Civil War
Invasion of French Indochina
(1940)
 Japan  Vichy France
  • French Indochina
Victory
  • Japanese occupation of Northern French Indochina
World War II
(1941–1945)
 Japan
 Germany
 Italy
 Romania
 Hungary
 Bulgaria
Slovakia
 Croatia
 Finland
 Thailand
 Iraq
 United States
 Soviet Union
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Denmark
 Norway
 Czechoslovakia
 India
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Philippines
 Ethiopia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Mongolia
 Tuva
Defeat
  • Fall of the Empire of Japan, Greater German Realm, and Kingdom of Italy
  • Allied occupation of Japan and Germany
  • Continuation of the Chinese Civil War
  • Substantial weakening of European colonial powers, gradual decolonization of Asia (including the Indonesian National Revolution and the First Indochina War)
  • Creation of the United Nations
  • Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
  • Beginning of the Cold War
Indonesian National Revolution
(1945–1949)
 Japan (volunteers)
Indonesia
 India (defectors)
 Japan (until 1946)

 Netherlands

 United Kingdom

 Australia

Indonesian Victory
  • Netherlands accepts the Independence of Indonesia
  • Restoration of the reputation of the remnants of the Japanese army
Operation Masterdom
(1945–1946)
 Japan
 United Kingdom
France
Flag of North Vietnam (1945-1955).svg Viet Minh Victory
  • Restoration of French rule in Indochina
  • Start of the First Indochina War, lasting until the Geneva Conference of 1954
Heisei period
Battle of Amami-Ōshima
(2001)
 Japan  North Korea Victory
  • North Korean naval trawler sunk
Iraq War
(2003–2011)
  •  Japan
  •  South Korea
  •  Spain
  •  Denmark
  •  Romania
  •  El Salvador
  •  Estonia
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Moldova
  •  Albania
  •  Ukraine
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Tonga
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Singapore
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Macedonia
  •  Latvia
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Armenia
  •  Mongolia
  •  Georgia
  •  Slovakia
  •  Lithuania
  •  Italy
  •  Norway
  •  Hungary
  •  Netherlands
  •  Portugal
  •  New Zealand
  •  Thailand
  •  Philippines
  •  Honduras
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Nicaragua
  •  Iceland
  •  United States
  •  United Kingdom
  •  Australia
  •  Poland

Peshmerga


New Iraqi government


Sunni insurgents
  • Islamic State of Iraq
  • IAILogo.png Islamic Army of Iraq
  • Ansar al-Sunnah

Shia insurgents

 Iraq

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
  • Number of Somali pirate attacks have been reduced dramatically.

See also[]

Reference[]

  1. ^ "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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