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The current flag of Japan.
WJapan (Japanese: 日本, Nippon or Nihon), officially the State of Japan (Japanese: 日本国 Nihon koku), is an island country in East Asia, formerly known as the Empire of Japan (Japanese: 大日本帝国 Dai-nippon-teikoku) from 1868 to 1945.
From the 12th century until 1868, Japan was ruled by successive feudal military shōguns who ruled in the name of the Emperor. After nearly two decades of internal conflict and insurrection, the Imperial Court regained its political power in 1868 through the help of several clans from Chōshū and Satsuma – and the Empire of Japan was established. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, victories in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I allowed Japan to expand its empire during a period of increasing militarism. The Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937 expanded into part of World War II in 1941, which came to an end in 1945 following the Japanese surrender. Since adopting its revised constitution on May 3, 1947, during the occupation led by SCAP, the sovereign state of Japan has maintained a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy with an Emperor and an elected legislature called the National Diet.
Armed Forces[]
Military Branches[]
Note: these were the military branches of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1947.
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The Imperial Japanese Army was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. |
| The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945. |
In modern times, Japan's armed forces are called the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
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The flag of the Empire of Japan.
The Imperial Japanese Army is set to appear in Hell Let Loose as one of the Axis.[1]
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