List of wars involving Japan
This is a list of wars involving Japan recorded in history.
List
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
|
| Yayoi period | |||
| Civil War of Wa (2nd century CE) |
Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms | Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms | Establishment of Yamatai state
|
| Yamato period | |||
| Goguryeo–Wa conflicts (391–404) |
Baekje Wa Gaya |
Goguryeo and Silla victory[1][2][3][4] | |
| Soga–Mononobe conflict (552 AD–587 AD) |
Soga clan | Mononobe clan | Soga victory |
| Mishihase War (658–660) |
Yamato State Emishi |
Mishihase | Victory
|
| Baekje-Tang War (660–663) |
Baekje Yamato (at the Battle of Baekgang) Goguryeo |
Tang Silla |
Tang-Silla coalition victory
|
| Jinshin War (672) |
Prince Ōama's forces | Court of Ōmi Ōtsu Palace | Ōama victory |
| Nara period | |||
| Thirty-Eight Years' War (774–812) |
Yamato | Emishi | Dynasty victory
|
| Heian period | |||
| Tengyō no Ran (935–940) |
Imperial Government | Provincial landowners | Rebellion quelled |
| Former Nine Years' War (1051–1062) |
Imperial Court | Abe clan | Imperial victory |
| Later Three Year's War (1083–1089) |
Forces of Minamoto no Yoshiie Governor of Mutsu province |
Forces of various branches of Kiyohara clan | MinamotoMilitary stalemate |
| Hōgen rebellion (July 28 – August 16, 1156) |
Forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa | Forces loyal to retired Emperor Sutoku | Victory for Emperor Go-Shirakawa
|
| Heiji rebellion (January 19 – February 5, 1160) |
Taira clan, forces loyal to Emperor Nijō, forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa | Minamoto clan | Taira victory
|
| Genpei War (1180–1185) |
Minamoto clan (Yoritomo) |
Taira clan
Minamoto clan (Yoshinaka) |
Minamoto clan victory |
| Kamakura period | |||
| Jōkyū War (1221) |
Kamakura shogunate and allies | Warrior families loyal to Go-Toba | Shogunate victory |
| Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281) |
Japanese victory | ||
| Genkō War (1331–1333) |
Imperial forces loyal to Emperor Go-Daigo |
Kamakura Shogunate | Imperial victory
|
| Muromachi period | |||
| Ōei Invasion (1419) |
Tsushima Province | Joseon | Victory[5][6]
|
| 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
|
Defeat |
| Bunroku-Keicho War/Imjin War (1592–1598) |
Japan | Joseon Korea Ming China |
Defeat
|
| Battle of Sekigahara (1600) |
Eastern Army
|
Western Army
|
Eastern Army victory
|
| Edo period | |||
| Invasion of Ryukyu (1609) |
Satsuma Domain | Ryūkyū Kingdom | Satsuma victory
|
| 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
|
| Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) |
Chōshū Domain | Britain Dutch Empire France United States |
Defeat
|
| Summer War (1866) |
Chōshū Domain | Tokugawa shogunate Aizu Domain |
Tokugawa defeat
|
| Meiji period | |||
| Boshin War (1868–1869) |
1868
1869 |
1868 1869 |
Imperial victory |
| Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874) (1874) |
Japan | Paiwan China |
Victory
|
| Battle of Ganghwa (1875) |
Japan | Korea | Victory
|
| Southwestern War (1877) |
Japan | Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain | Imperial victory
|
| First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) |
Japan | China | Victory
|
| Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) |
Japan | Formosa | Victory
|
| Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
Mutual Defence Pact of Southeast China (after 1900) |
|
Eight-Nation Alliance victory
|
| Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) |
Japan | Russia | Victory
|
| Battle of Namdaemun (1907) |
Japan | Korea | Victory
|
| Beipu uprising (1907) |
Japan | Hakka Saisiyat |
Victory
|
| Taishō period | |||
| Truku War (1914) |
Japan | Truku Tribe | Victory
|
| Tapani incident (1915) |
Japan | Tai Republic Han Taiwanese Taiwanese aborigines |
Victory
|
| World War I (1914–1918) |
Japan France United Kingdom Russia |
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
Victory
|
| Occupation of Constantinople (1918–1923) |
Japan[13] United Kingdom France Italy Greece United States[13] |
Ottoman Empire | Temporary occupation
|
| Japanese intervention in Siberia (1918–1922) |
Japan White movement United States United Kingdom France Italy Poland China Czechoslovakia Mongolia |
Russia Far Eastern Republic Mongolian People's Party |
Defeat |
| Shōwa period | |||
| Jinan incident (1928) |
Japan | Kuomintang government | Victory
|
| Musha Incident (1930) |
Japan Toda Truku (Taroko) |
Tkdaya | Victory
|
| Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931–1932) |
Japan | China | Victory
|
| Pacification of Manchukuo (1931–1942) |
Japan Manchukuo |
China | Victory
|
| January 28 incident (1932) |
Japan | China | Stalemate
|
| Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1939) |
Japan | Soviet Union Mongolia |
Defeat |
| Operation Nekka (1933) |
Japan | China | Victory |
| Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) |
Japan
Reorganized National Government |
China
|
Defeat
|
| Invasion of French Indochina (1940) |
Japan | Vichy France | Victory
|
| 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 Thailand |
United States | Defeat
Allied victory
Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952)
|
| Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945) |
Japan | Soviet Union Mongolia |
Defeat
Allied victory
|
| Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949) |
Japan (volunteers) Indonesia India (defectors) |
Japan (until 1946) | Indonesian Victory
|
| Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
Japan United Kingdom France |
Viet Minh | Victory
|
| Heisei period | |||
| Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001) |
Japan | North Korea | Victory
|
| Iraq War (2003–2011) |
|
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
|
See also
References
- ^ Mizoguchi, Koji. The Archaeology of Japan: From the Earliest Rice Farming Villages to the Rise of the State. Cambridge University Press. p. 51.
- ^ Kamstra, Jacques H. Encounter Or Syncretism: The Initial Growth of Japanese Buddhism. p. 38.
- ^ Matsumoto, Naoko; Bessho, Hidetaka; Tomii, Makoto. Coexistence and Cultural Transmission in East Asia. p. 155.
- ^ Batten, Bruce Loyd. Gateway to Japan: Hakata in War And Peace, 500-1300. p. 16.
- ^ "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.
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- ^ 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.
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