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| 1937 | Battle of Blagovescensk |  |
| Blagovescensk Japan & Russia clash on the Manchurian-Siberian border |
| 1937 | Battle of Blagoveshchensk | |
| Blagoveshchensk Japan & Russia clash on the Manchurian-Siberian border |
| 1937 | Battle of Hunchun | |
| Hunchun Japan & Russia clash on the Manchurian-Siberian border |
| 1937 | Diplomacy | |
| 5th July The KMT & Chinese Communists sign a pact & declare that Japan is their common enemy |
| 5th Oct Roosevelt renounces the neutrality policy towards Japan |
| 1937 | Incident Marco Polo Bridge | |
| 7th July Peiking A skirmish takes place between Japanese & Chinese troops near Peiking |
| 1937 | Invasion of China | |
| Sep Japan mobilizes & begins major expansion in northern & central China |
| 1937 | Mobilization | |
| 7th July Manchuria The government orders troops to be mobilized in Manchuria & Korea |
| Aug Shanghai Japan sends troops into Shanghai |
| Aug The Chinese order the full mobilization of their military & fighting commences |
| 1937 | Peace | |
| 12th Aug Hunchun Armistice is declared between Japan and the Soviet Union after the outbreak of border fighting |
| 1937 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1938 | Capture of Canton | |
| 21st Oct Canton Japanese troops occupy Canton |
| 1938 | Capture of Hankow | |
| 25th Oct Hankow Hankow, current capital of China, falls to the Japanese |
| 1938 | Capture of Nanking | |
| Dec Nanking Japan captures Nanking, killing 200,000 civilians |
| 1938 | Defeat | |
| July Japanese troops are defeated by the Russians between Korea, Manchuria & Siberia |
| 1938 | Diplomacy | |
| 12th Feb Japan refuses to reveal naval data requested by the USAand Britain |
| 1938 | Invasion of China | |
| 21st Oct Canton Japanese troops occupy Canton |
| 25th Oct Hankow Hankow, current capital of China, falls to the Japanese |
| 1938 | Mobilization | |
| Feb The government enables the National Mobilization Act |
| 1938 | Siege of Hankow | |
| 25th Oct Hankow Hankow, current capital of China, falls to the Japanese |
| 1940 | Alliance | |
| Sep A military alliance is signed with the Axis powers |
| 1940 | Constitution | |
| Oct Political parties are banned |
| 1940 | Head IRAA Fumimaro | |
| Oct Appointed Head of the The Imperial Rule Assistance Association |
| 1940 | Invasion of Indochina | |
| Sep Japan completes the invasion of northern French Indochina |
| 1940 | IRAA | |
| Oct The Imperial Rule Assistance Association replaces political parties |
| 1940 | Politcal Parties | |
| Oct Political parties are banned |
| 1940 | Prime Minister | |
| July Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1941 | Declaration of War | |
| 9th Dec Britain, Australia & the USA declare war on Japan |
| 1941 | Diplomacy | |
| 14th June USAsanctions on Japan |
| 17th July USAsanctions on Japan |
| Oct Tokyo Resigns due to the Army's unwillingness to make concessions demanded by the USA |
| 1941 | Embargo | |
| July Britain freezes Japan's assets for its invasion of Indochina |
| July The USAimposes a total embargo on Japan for its invasion of Indochina |
| 1941 | Invasion of Borneo | |
| 16th Dec Japanese forces land on the coast of Borneo |
| 1941 | Invasion of Indochina | |
| July Japan invades southern Indochina |
| Aug The USA& Britain are prepared to go to war if Japan goes further into Indochina |
| 1941 | Pact | |
| April Japan & Russia sign a mutual neutrality pact |
| 1941 | Resignation | |
| Oct Tokyo Resigns due to the Army's unwillingness to make concessions demanded by USAdiplomacy |
| 1945 | Diplomacy | |
| Mar Washington Japan & the USAbegin negotiations to settle their differences |