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|headquarters = Tokyo, Japan
|headquarters = Tokyo, Japan
|commanders = Emperors:<br>Mutsuhito<br>Yoshihito<br>[[Emperor Hirohito|Hirohito]]
|commanders = Emperors:<br>Mutsuhito<br>Yoshihito<br>[[Emperor Hirohito|Hirohito]]
Prime ministers:<br>Itō Hirobumi<br>Kuroda Kiyotaka<br>Sanjō Sanetomi<br>Yamagata Aritomo<br>Matsukata Masayoshi<br>Ōkuma Shigenobu<br>Katsura Tarō<br>Saionji Kinmochi<br>Yamamoto Gonnohyōe<br>Terauchi Masatake<br>Hara Takashi<br>Takahashi Korekiyo<br>Katō Tomosaburō<br>Kiyoura Keigo<br>Katō Takaaki<br>Wakatsuki Reijirō<br>Tanaka Giichi<br>Hamaguchi Osachi<br>Inukai Tsuyoshi<br>Saitō Makoto<br>Keisuke Okada<br>[[Koki Hirota]]<br>Senjūrō Hayashi<br>Fumimaro Konoe<br>Kiichirō Hiranuma<br>Nobuyuki Abe<br>[[Mitsumasa Yonai]]<br>[[Fumimaro Konoe]]<br>[[Hideki Tojo]]<br>[[Kuniaki Koiso]]<br>[[Kantarō Suzuki]]<br>Naruhiko Higashikuni<br>Kijūrō Shidehara<br>Shigeru Yoshida
Prime ministers:<br>Itō Hirobumi<br>Kuroda Kiyotaka<br>Sanjō Sanetomi<br>Yamagata Aritomo<br>Matsukata Masayoshi<br>Ōkuma Shigenobu<br>Katsura Tarō<br>Saionji Kinmochi<br>Yamamoto Gonnohyōe<br>Terauchi Masatake<br>Hara Takashi<br>Takahashi Korekiyo<br>Katō Tomosaburō<br>Kiyoura Keigo<br>Katō Takaaki<br>Wakatsuki Reijirō<br>Tanaka Giichi<br>Hamaguchi Osachi<br>Wakatsuki Reijirō<br>Inukai Tsuyoshi<br>Saitō Makoto<br>Keisuke Okada<br>[[Koki Hirota]]<br>Senjūrō Hayashi<br>Fumimaro Konoe<br>Kiichirō Hiranuma<br>Nobuyuki Abe<br>[[Mitsumasa Yonai]]<br>[[Fumimaro Konoe]]<br>[[Hideki Tojo]]<br>[[Kuniaki Koiso]]<br>[[Kantarō Suzuki]]<br>Naruhiko Higashikuni<br>Kijūrō Shidehara<br>Shigeru Yoshida
|agents = [[Hajime Sugiyama]]<br>[[Isoroku Yamamoto]]<br>[[Yosuke Matsuoka]]<br>[[Shigenori Togo]]<br>[[Mamoru Shigemitsu]]<br>[[Koichi Kido]]<br>[[Kenji Doihara]]<br>[[Yoshijiro Umezu]]<br>[[Akira Muto]]<br>[[Osami Nagano]]<br>[[Hisaichi Terauchi]]<br>[[Iwane Matsui]]<br>[[Masao Baba]]<br>[[Shunroku Hata]]<br>[[Yasuji Okamura]]<br>[[Shirō Ishii]]<br>[[Hisao Tani]]<br>[[Jirō Minami]]<br>[[Hiroshi Oshima]]<br>[[Kan'in Kotohito]]<br>[[Nobusuke Kishi]]
|agents = [[Hajime Sugiyama]]<br>[[Isoroku Yamamoto]]<br>[[Yosuke Matsuoka]]<br>[[Shigenori Togo]]<br>[[Mamoru Shigemitsu]]<br>[[Koichi Kido]]<br>[[Kenji Doihara]]<br>[[Yoshijiro Umezu]]<br>[[Akira Muto]]<br>[[Osami Nagano]]<br>[[Hisaichi Terauchi]]<br>[[Iwane Matsui]]<br>[[Masao Baba]]<br>[[Shunroku Hata]]<br>[[Yasuji Okamura]]<br>[[Shirō Ishii]]<br>[[Hisao Tani]]<br>[[Jirō Minami]]<br>[[Hiroshi Oshima]]<br>[[Kan'in Kotohito]]<br>[[Nobusuke Kishi]]
|skills =Spreading propaganda  
|skills =Spreading propaganda  
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=== Background ===
=== Background ===
In 1854, the US Navy under the command of commodore Matthew C. Perry led a fleet of black ships to force Japan to end its reign of isolationism under the Convention of Kanagawa and encourage Japan to establish trading relations with the West. Initially, Emperor Osahito (Kōmei) issued an order to "expel the barbarians", but ultimately died of smallpox and was replaced by his son, Mutsuhito. Thus, the period of ''bakumatsu'' (幕末) began and the Edo period came to an end.
In 1854, the U.S. Navy under the command of commodore Matthew C. Perry led a fleet of black ships to force Japan to end its reign of isolationism under the Convention of Kanagawa and encourage Japan to establish trading relations with the West. Initially, Emperor Osahito (Kōmei) issued an order to "expel the barbarians", but ultimately died of smallpox and was replaced by his son, Mutsuhito. Thus, the period of ''bakumatsu'' (幕末) began and the Edo period came to an end.


=== Meiji era ===
=== Meiji era ===
At the height of rapid modernization and industrialization during the Meiji Restoration, remnants of the Tokugawa Shogunate rebelled against Emperor Mutsuhito, but the resistance was crushed and the breakaway republic of Ezo was terminated, ending the Boshin War. During the restoration, Japan ended the Tokugawa shogunate and abandoned much of their ancient traditions in the name of westernizing their society. In addition, the Meiji government began colonizing surrounding islands, such as [[Ainu Wars|Hokkaidō, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands]], [[Ryūkyū Disposition|the Ryūkyū Kingdom]], and [[Colonization of Taiwan|Taiwan]]. These conquests were primarily done to prevent a potential Russian invasion. In 1875, Japan issued the Treaty of Saint Petersburg with Russia rewarding the Kuril Islands to Japan in exchange for Sakhalin.
At the height of rapid modernization and industrialization during the Meiji Restoration, remnants of the Tokugawa Shogunate rebelled against Emperor Mutsuhito, but the resistance was crushed and the breakaway republic of Ezo was terminated, ending the Boshin War. During the restoration, Japan ended the Tokugawa shogunate and abandoned much of their ancient traditions in the name of westernizing their society. In addition, the Meiji government began colonizing surrounding islands, such as [[Ainu Wars|Hokkaidō, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands]], [[Ryūkyū Disposition|the Ryūkyū Kingdom]], and [[Colonization of Taiwan|Taiwan]]. These conquests were primarily done to prevent a potential Russian invasion. In 1875, Japan issued the Treaty of Saint Petersburg with Russia rewarding the Kuril Islands to Japan in exchange for Sakhalin.


On February 11th, 1889, the Meiji Constitution was introduced, ending Japan's absolute monarchy and establishing an elected cabinet.
On February 11th, 1889, the Meiji Constitution was established, ending Japan's absolute monarchy and establishing an elected cabinet.


In 1905, the Russo-Japanese War ensued over a territorial dispute over Korea and Manchuria, to which Japan won the war and annexed southern Sakhalin and turned it into a prefecture known as Karafuto. In 1910, Japan colonized Korea under an annexation treaty.
In 1905, the Russo-Japanese War ensued over a territorial dispute over Korea and Manchuria, to which Japan won the war and annexed southern Sakhalin and turned it into a prefecture known as Karafuto. In 1910, Japan colonized Korea under an annexation treaty.


===Taishō era===
===Taishō era===
In 1914, Japan entered World War I on the side of the Allies and seized Imperial Germany's colonial territories in China and the Pacific with the help of the British Empire. Shortly after the fall of Russia's tsarist regime, US president [[Woodrow Wilson]] requested Japan to intervene and support their clause in the Russian Civil War. After the U.S. and its allies withdrew from the intervention, Japan initially decided to stay, primarily due to fear of the influence of communism in Japan, but was forced to withdraw under pressure by the US and the British Empire.
In 1914, Japan entered World War I on the side of the Allies and seized Imperial Germany's colonial territories in China and the Pacific with the help of the British Empire. Shortly after the fall of Russia's tsarist regime, US president [[Woodrow Wilson]] requested Japan to intervene and support their clause in the Russian Civil War. After the U.S. and its allies withdrew from the intervention, Japan initially decided to stay, primarily due to fear of the influence of communism in Japan, but was forced to withdraw under pressure by the U.S. and the British Empire.


Under the policy of Taishō democracy, several aspects of Japanese society have been reformed, such as improvement in education and self-determination in regards to politics and feminism.
Under the policy of Taishō democracy, several aspects of Japanese society have been reformed, such as improvement in education and self-determination in regards to politics and feminism.
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==Trivia==  
==Trivia==  
*The Imperial Japanese Army compared the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere with the US Monroe Doctrine, which both opposed European imperialism, while also establishing their own colonial empires.
*The Imperial Japanese Army compared the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere with the U.S. Monroe Doctrine, which both opposed European imperialism, while also establishing their own colonial empires.
*Former Japanese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]] had a long history of downplaying any atrocities committed by Imperial Japan, even writing a best-selling novel denying Japan's war crimes in China and Korea.
*Former Japanese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]] had a long history of downplaying any atrocities committed by Imperial Japan, even writing a best-selling novel denying Japan's war crimes in China and Korea.
**His maternal grandfather, [[Nobusuke Kishi]] was a war criminal who governed the puppet state of [[Manchukuo]], with some historians comparing his rule over Manchukuo to [[Scramble for Africa|colonial European administration over their African colonies]]. Abe himself even glorified Kishi for his war crimes.
**His maternal grandfather, [[Nobusuke Kishi]] was a war criminal who governed the puppet state of [[Manchukuo]], with some historians comparing his rule over Manchukuo to colonial European administration over their African colonies. Abe himself even glorified Kishi for his war crimes.
*Imperial Japan has influenced many villainous imperialist nations and organizations in fiction, with one notable example being the [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Fire_Nation?so=search Fire Nation] from ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''.
*Imperial Japan has influenced many villainous imperialist nations and organizations in fiction, with one notable example being the [https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Fire_Nation?so=search Fire Nation] from ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''.


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