This is a list of wars involving Japan recorded in history.
List
[edit]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 |
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Jōmon period | |||
East Expedition of Emperor Jimmu (c. 7th century BCE) |
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Troops led by local chiefdoms | Kamu-yamato Iware-biko no mikoto victory
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Yayoi period | |||
Civil War of Wa (2nd century CE) |
Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms | Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms | Establishment of Yamatai state
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Yamato period | |||
Goguryeo–Wa conflicts (391–404) |
Wa Baekje Gaya |
Goguryeo Silla |
Defeat
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Mishihase War (658–660) |
Yamato State Emishi |
Mishihase | Victory
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Baekje-Tang War (660–663) |
Yamato (Wa) Baekje Goguryeo |
Tang Silla |
Defeat
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Jinshin War (672) |
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Prince Ōama victory
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Nara period | |||
Thirty-Eight Years' War (770–811) |
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Emishi | Imperial victory
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Heian period | |||
Former Nine Years' War (1051–1063) |
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Imperial victory
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Later Three Year's War (c. 1083–1089) |
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Kiyohara clan | Minamoto and Fujiwara victory
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Genpei War (1180–1185) |
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Minamoto victory
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Kamakura period | |||
Jōkyū War (1221) |
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Kamakura victory
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Mongol invasions of Japan (1274 and 1281) |
Japan | Yuan dynasty | Victory
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Genkō War (1331–1333) |
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Imperial victory
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Muromachi period | |||
Ōei Invasion (1419) |
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Victory[1][2]
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Ōnin War (1467–1477) |
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Hosokawa clan victory
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Battle of Fukuda Bay (1565) |
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Defeat |
Azuchi–Momoyama period | |||
1582 Cagayan battles (1582) |
Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates) | ![]()
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Defeat |
Bunroku-Keicho War/Imjin War (1592–1598) |
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Defeat
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Battle of Sekigahara (1600) |
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Eastern Army victory
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Edo period | |||
Invasion of Ryukyu (1609) |
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Satsuma victory
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Nossa Senhora da Graça incident (1610) |
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Victory
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Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) |
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Roman Catholics and rōnin rebels | Victory
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Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863) |
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Defeat
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Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) |
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Defeat
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Summer War (1866) |
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Tokugawa defeat
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Meiji period | |||
Boshin War (1868–1869) |
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Takamatsu Domain |
Imperial victory |
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874) (1874) |
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Victory
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Battle of Ganghwa (1875) |
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Victory
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Southwestern War (1877) |
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Imperial victory
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First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) |
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Victory
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Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) |
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Victory
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
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Victory
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Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) |
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Victory
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Battle of Namdaemun (1907) |
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Victory
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Beipu uprising (1907) |
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Hakka Saisiyat |
Victory
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Taishō period | |||
Truku War (1914) |
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Truku Tribe | Victory
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Tapani incident (1915) |
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Tai Republic Han Taiwanese Taiwanese aborigines |
Victory
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World War I (1914–1918) |
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Victory
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Occupation of Constantinople (1918–1923) |
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Temporary occupation
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Japanese intervention in Siberia (1918–1922) |
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Victory |
Shōwa period | |||
Jinan incident (1928) |
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Victory
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Musha Incident (1930) |
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Tkdaya | Victory
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931–1932) |
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Victory
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Pacification of Manchukuo (1931–1942) |
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Victory
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January 28 incident (1932) |
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Stalemate
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Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1939) |
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Defeat |
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) |
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Defeat
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Invasion of French Indochina (1940) |
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Victory
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World War II (1941–1945) |
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Defeat
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Pacific War (1941–1945) |
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Defeat
Allied victory
Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952)
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Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949) |
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Indonesian Victory
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Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
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Victory
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Heisei period | |||
Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001) |
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Victory
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Iraq War (2003–2011) |
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Victory
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Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) |
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Somali pirates | Victory
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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]."
- ^ "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.
- ^ 세종실록 4권, 세종 1년 7월 3일 National Institute of Korean History.
- ^ 세종실록 4권, 세종 1년 7월 9일 National Institute of Korean History.
- ^ "Wakō". Britannica. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. p. 217. ISBN 0804705259.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Occupation during and after the War (Ottoman Empire) | International Encyclopedia of the First World War (WW1)". encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net.