DSE History歷史: 日本史時序表英文版 (Timeline for Japan English Version)

DSE History歷史: 日本史時序表英文版 (Timeline for Japan English Version)

*Grey: Rise of militarism / *Orange: Economic recovery / *Blue: Relations with Asian countries

Year	Incident	Remarks
1902	Anglo-Japanese Alliance	The first Asian countries forming alliance with Britain.
1905	Russo-Japanese War	Defeat of Russia proves the powers of Japan in 1900s.
1912	Muji Emperor (明治天皇) passed away and Taisho Emperor (大正天皇) ascended the throne.
1915	Japan invaded Shandong and force China to sign ‘Twenty-one Demands’.
1918	First Prime minister, Hara Takashi (原敬) was appointed, all his cabinet members were members of his party except army minister, which marked the start of party politics.
1919	Outline plain for the Reconstruction of Japan	It proposed to overthrow party politics and adopt aggressive foreign policy under the leadership of Japanese Emperor.
1925	General election law	All men aged 25 have the right to vote
1927	Tanaka Memorial (田中奏摺)	It outlined the plain to take over the world: First Manchuria, then China, Asia and the world.
1931	18/9 Incident	Japan invaded Northeast China and set up Manzhouguo (滿洲國)
1932	May 15th Incident	Prime minister Inukai Tsuyoshi (犬養毅) was killed
1936	February 26th Incident	Army started a mutiny and killed Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋是清)
1937	Japan invaded in the whole China for 8 years.
1940	Imperial Rule Assistance Association (大政翼贊會) was established to replace political parties.
	Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was formed
1940s	Japan invaded Southeast Asia and proposed ‘Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere’ (大東亞共榮圈)
1945-52	Occupation period, U.S. adopted many economic and political reforms.
1951	San Francisco Peace Treaty	Japan became independent and could provide labor and material resources to the Southeast Asian countries as punishment
	Japan-US Security Treaty	US forces stayed in Japan for protection which saved Japan’s military expenditures. (lower than 1% of GDP)
1952	First Sino-Japanese Non-official Trade Agreement was signed
1955	Joined General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (關稅及貿易總協定)
1962	Sino-Japanese Long-term Trade Memorandum was signed.
1972	China and Japan resumed their diplomatic relations.
1977	Fukuda Doctrine (福田主義)	Japan expressed their willingness to establish long-term relations with Southeast Asian countries.
1978	China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty. Japanese government recognized PRC is the only legal government in China.
1983	Japan visited South Korea.
1984	Japan visited China, India and Pakistan
1985	Japan proposed ‘Four principles for Asia-Pacific cooperation’ to enhance its influence in Asia