Empire of Japan
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Dai Nippon Teikoku
Empire of Greater Japan
↓
1868–1945
↓
Flag
Imperial Seal
Anthem
"Kimi ga Yo"
"Imperial Reign"
Japanese Empire in 1931.
Capital
Tokyo
Religion
State Shinto
Government
Theocratic absolute
monarchy(1868-1888),
constitutional
monarchy(1889-1931),
Military
dictatorship(1932-1945)
Emperor
- 1868–1912
Emperor Meiji
- 1912–1926
Emperor Taishō
- 1926–1945
Emperor Shōwa
Prime Minister
- 1885-1888,
1892-1896, 1898,
1900-1901
Itō Hirobumi
- 1888-1889
Kuroda Kiyotaka
- 1889-1891
Yamagata Aritomo
- 1906-1908,
1911-1912
Saionji Kinmochi
- 1901-1906,
1908-1911
Katsura Tarō
- 1913-1914,
1923-1924
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
History
- Meiji Restoration
January 3, 1868[1]
- Prefecture reform
August 29, 1871
- Constitution
November 29, 1890
- Surrender
September 2, 1945
Area
675,000 km²
(260,619 sq mi)
Population
- est.
97,770,000
Density
144.8 /km² (375.1 /
sq mi)
Currency
Japanese yen
Korean yen
Taiwanese yen
Japanese military yen
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tokugawa
shogunate
Ryūkyū
Kingdom
Republic
of Ezo
Republic
of Taiwan
(1895)
Russian
Empire
Korean
Empire
Occupation of
Japan
United States
Civil
Administration of
the Ryukyu
Islands
Republic of China
Soviet Union
North Korea
South Korea
1935 Population. Map and area are information before WWII.
The Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: ?????; Shinji-
tai: ?????; pronounced Dai Nippon Teikoku;
literally Great Imperial Japan or Great
Empire of Japan, officially Great Japan,
Empire of Greater Japan or Greater
Japanese Empire; more widely known as
Imperial Japan or the Japanese Empire)
was a Japanese political entity that existed
during the period from the Meiji Restoration
in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in
1945.
The country’s rapid industrialization and
militarization under
the slogan Fukoku
Kyōhei
(????
,
"Enrich
the Country,
Strengthen the Army"), led to its emergence
as a world power eventually culminating with
its membership in the Axis alliance and the
conquest of a large part of the Asia-Pacific
region.
Despite several large scale military suc-
c