THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · 1868–1945

Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan appears on the map from 1868 to 1945. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1943, it covered about 7.04 million km².

In the Meiji Restoration of 1868, reformers overthrew the shogunate in the name of Emperor Meiji and set out to modernise Japan so it could resist the Western powers. They abolished the samurai class, built railways, factories and a conscript army, and adopted a constitution in 1889. Japan defeated China in 1895, taking Taiwan, and stunned the world by defeating Russia in 1905; it annexed Korea in 1910. More about Empire of Japan.

See Empire of Japan on the map in 1943

Reference map: Naval ensign of Japan (1889–1945)
Reference map: Naval ensign of Japan (1889–1945) This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: · Public domain
On the map
1868–1945
Greatest extent
1943, about 7.04 million km²
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Wikipedia: Empire of Japan · Wikidata Q188712

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1868–186957,017 km²
1870–1876461,627 km²
1877–1879427,599 km²
1880–1894427,288 km²
1895–1897472,162 km²
1898–1899468,518 km²
1900–1904469,273 km²
1905–1910514,307 km²
1911–1914746,060 km²
1915–1916748,474 km²
1917–1919748,869 km²
1920–1921928,688 km²
1922–1923928,541 km²
1924–1925794,517 km²
1926748,816 km²
1927748,598 km²
1928748,722 km²
1929–1931748,352 km²
1932–19352.06 million km²
1936–19372.08 million km²
19383.10 million km²
1939–19403.38 million km²
19413.41 million km²
19424.17 million km²
19437.04 million km²
19446.97 million km²
19456.42 million km²

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