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List of wars involving Japan

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This is a list of wars involving Japan recorded in history.

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This page lists battles between Japanese central or local forces and foreign forces, as well as battles between Japanese central and local forces. Battles that resulted in de facto regime change are also listed. Many battles between local daimyō (feudal lords) and clans that did not result in a de facto change of government are not included in the following list.

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
Heian period
Tengyō no Ran
(935–940)
Imperial Court Provincial landowners Imperial victory
  • Rebellion quelled
Former Nine Years' War
(1051–1063)
Imperial Court Abe clan Imperial victory
Later Three Year's War
(c. 1083–1089)
Minamoto clan
Northern Fujiwara clan
Kiyohara clan Minamoto and Fujiwara victory
Hōgen rebellion
(July 28 – August 16, 1156)
Forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa Forces loyal to Emperor Sutoku Victory for Emperor Go-Shirakawa
  • establishment of Minamoto-Taira rivalry
Heiji rebellion
(January 19 – February 5, 1160)
Taira forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa Minamoto clan Taira victory
  • Minamoto leaders banished
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
  • Retired emperors exiled
Mongol invasions of Japan
(1274 and 1281)
Japan Yuan dynasty Victory
  • Japan defeats the Mongol invasions.
Genkō War
(1331–1333)
Emperor Go-Daigo's loyal forces Kamakura shogunate Imperial victory
Muromachi period
Ōei Invasion
(1419)
Tsushima Province Joseon Victory[1][2]
  • Withdrawal of Korean armies from Tsushima[3][4]
  • After 24 years, the Treaty of Gyehae was concluded and the number of wokou gradually decreased.[5]
Ōnin War
(1467–1477)
Hosokawa clan Yamana clan Hosokawa clan victory
Battle of Fukuda Bay
(1565)
Matsura clan Kingdom of Portugal Defeat
Azuchi–Momoyama period
1582 Cagayan battles (1582)
Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates) Spain Spain Defeat
Bunroku-Keicho War/Imjin War
(1592–1598)
Japan Joseon Korea
Ming China
Defeat
  • Withdrawal of Japanese armies from Korean peninsula following military stalemate
Battle of Sekigahara
(1600)
Eastern Army Western Army Eastern Army victory
Edo period
Invasion of Ryukyu
(1609)
Satsuma Domain  Ryūkyū Kingdom Satsuma victory
  • The Ryukyu Kingdom becomes a Japanese vassal state.
Nossa Senhora da Graça incident
(1610)
Tokugawa shogunate Kingdom of Portugal Victory
Shimabara Rebellion
(1637–1638)
Tokugawa shogunate
 Dutch Empire
Roman Catholics and rōnin rebels Victory
Bombardment of Kagoshima
(1863)
Satsuma Domain  Britain Defeat
  • Kagoshima is bombarded by British Ships
  • Satsuma makes payment of £25,000 to the British[8]
Shimonoseki Campaign
(1863–1864)
Chōshū Domain  Britain
 Dutch Empire
 France
 United States

Defeat

  • Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000.
Summer War
(1866)
Chōshū Domain Tokugawa shogunate
Aizu Domain
Tokugawa defeat
  • Choshu 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

and others...

Takamatsu Domain
Tsuruoka Domain
Kuwana Domain
Matsuyama Domain
Ogaki Domain


Republic of Ezo


 France

Imperial victory
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)
(1874)
 Japan Paiwan
 China
Victory
  • Occupation of Taiwan by Japan
Battle of Ganghwa
(1875)
 Japan Korea Victory
  • Severe damage inflicted on Korean defenses
Southwestern War
(1877)
 Japan 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 Formosa Victory
Boxer Rebellion
(1899–1901)
 Japan
 Russia
 United Kingdom
 France
 United States
 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Italy
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
Beiyang government China
 Greece
 Brazil

 Germany
 Austria-Hungary
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria
Victory
Occupation of Constantinople
(1918–1923)
 Japan[9]
 United Kingdom
 France
 Italy
 Greece
 United States[9]
 Ottoman Empire Temporary occupation
Japanese intervention in Siberia
(1918–1922)
 Japan
White movement
 United States
 United Kingdom
 France
 Italy
 Poland
Beiyang government China
 Czechoslovakia
Mongolia
Russia
 Far Eastern Republic
Mongolian People's Party
Victory
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
Pacification of Manchukuo
(1931–1942)
 Japan
 Manchukuo
 China Victory
  • Chinese fighting against the Japanese invaders were mostly defeated.
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

Reorganized National Government
 Manchukuo
 Mengjiang
Provisional Government
Reformed Government
East Hebei

 China

 United States
 Soviet Union
 Britain

Defeat
Invasion of French Indochina
(1940)
 Japan  Vichy France 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
Poland
 Yugoslavia
 Greece
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Denmark
 Norway
 Czechoslovakia
 India
 Canada
 Australia
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 Philippines
 Ethiopia
 Brazil
 Mexico
 Mongolia
 Tuva
Defeat
Pacific War
(1941–1945)
 Japan  United States Defeat

Allied victory

Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952)

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
Viet Minh Victory
Heisei period
Battle of Amami-Ōshima
(2001)
 Japan  North Korea Victory
  • North Korean naval trawler sunk
Iraq War
(2003–2011)

Peshmerga


New Iraqi government




 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.

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References

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  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]."
  2. ^ "The Veritable Records of King Sejong". esillok.history.go.kr. Retrieved 18 July 2021. 仇里安曰: "本島之屬於慶尙道, 己之所不知, 戒道豈能獨知乎? 必是妄言也。 … 對馬島, 日本邊境。攻對馬島, 是攻本國也 Kyūrian said, "I did not know about our island's subordination to Gyeongsang Province. How could [Shin] Kaidō alone have known? This surely was reckless talk. … Tsushima is on the Japanese frontier, thus an attack on Tsushima is an attack on Japan.
  3. ^ 세종실록 4권, 세종 1년 7월 3일 National Institute of Korean History.
  4. ^ 세종실록 4권, 세종 1년 7월 9일 National Institute of Korean History.
  5. ^ "Wakō". Britannica. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  6. ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0804705259.
  7. ^ Tampico, Vladimir Meza | El Sol de. "La batalla de Cagayán, tlaxcaltecas contra piratas y ¿samuráis?". El Sol de Tampico | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre México, Tamaulipas y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  8. ^ Rowbotham, W. B. (11 September 2009). "The Bombardment of Kagoshima, 15th August, 1863". Royal United Services Institution. Journal. 108 (631): 273–278. doi:10.1080/03071846309424838. ISSN 0035-9289.
  9. ^ a b "Occupation during and after the War (Ottoman Empire) | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1)". encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net.