Empire of Japan

==Timeline==<!--needs to include events from before 1926-->
*1926: [[Emperor Taishō]] dies (December 25).
*1927: [[Tanaka Giichi]] becomes prime minister (April 20).
*1928: [[Hirohito|Emperor Shōwa]] is formally installed as emperor (November 10).
*1929: [[Osachi Hamaguchi]] becomes prime minister (July 2).
*1930: Hamaguchi is wounded in an assassination attempt (November 14).
*1931: Hamaguchi dies and [[Wakatsuki Reijirō]] becomes prime minister (April 14). [[Japanese invasion of Manchuria|Japan occupies Manchuria]] after the [[Mukden Incident]] (September 18). [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] becomes prime minister (December 13) and increases funding for the military in China.
*1932: After an attack on Japanese monks in Shanghai (January 18), Japanese forces [[Shanghai Incident|shell the city]] (January 29). [[Manchukuo]] is established with [[Henry Pu Yi]] as emperor (February 29). Inukai is assassinated during [[May 15 Incident|a coup attempt]] and [[Saitō Makoto]] becomes prime minister (May 15). Japan is censured by the [[League of Nations]] (December 7).
*1933: Japan leaves the League of Nations (March 27).
*1934: [[Keisuke Okada]] becomes prime minister (July 8). Japan withdraws from the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] (December 29).
*1936: Coup attempt ([[February 26 Incident]]). [[Kōki Hirota]] becomes prime minister (March 9). Japan signs [[Anti-Comintern Pact|its first pact]] with Germany (November 25) and [[Qingdao#1938–1945|reoccupies]] [[Qingdao|Tsingtao]] (December 3). [[Mengjiang]] established in [[Inner Mongolia]].
*1937: [[Senjūrō Hayashi]] becomes prime minister (February 2). Prince [[Fumimaro Konoe]] becomes prime minister (June 4). [[Marco Polo Bridge Incident|Battle of Lugou Bridge]] (July 7). Japan [[Battle of Beiping–Tianjin|captures Beijing]] (July 31). Japanese troops [[Battle of Nanjing|occupy]] [[Nanjing]] (December 13), beginning the [[Nanjing Massacre]].
*1938: [[Battle of Taierzhuang]] (March 24). [[Guangzhou|Canton]] [[Canton Operation|falls]] to Japanese forces (October 21).
*1939: [[Hiranuma Kiichirō]] becomes prime minister (January 5). Abe Nobuyuki becomes prime minister (August 30).
*1940: [[Mitsumasa Yonai]] becomes prime minister (January 16). Konoe becomes prime minister for a second term (July 22). [[Hundred Regiments Offensive]] (August–September). Japan [[Japanese invasion of French Indochina|occupies French Indochina]] in the wake of the [[Battle of France|fall of Paris]], and signs the [[Tripartite Pact]] (September 27).
*1941: General [[Hideki Tojo]] becomes prime minister (October 18). [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|Japanese naval forces attack Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii (December 7), prompting the United States to declare war on Japan (December 8). Japan [[Battle of Hong Kong|conquers Hong Kong]] (December 25).
*1942: [[Battle of Ambon]] (January 30 – February 3). [[Battle of Palembang]] (February 13–15). [[Siege of Singapore|Singapore surrenders]] to Japan (February 15). [[Bombing of Darwin|Japan bombs Australia (February 19)]]. [[Indian Ocean raid]] (March 31 – April 10). [[Doolittle Raid]] on Tokyo (April 18). [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] (May 4–8). U.S. and [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Filipino]] forces in the [[Battle of the Philippines (1942)]] surrender (May 8). Allied victory at the [[Battle of Midway]] (June 6). Allied victory in the [[Battle of Milne Bay]] (September 5). [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]] (October 25–27).
*1943: Allied victory in the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]] (February 9). Allied victory at the [[Battle of Tarawa]] (November 23).
*1944: Tojo resigns and [[Kuniaki Koiso]] becomes prime minister (July 22). [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] (October 23–26).
*1945: Allied bombers begin firebombing of major Japanese cities. Allied victory at the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] (March 26). Admiral [[Kantarō Suzuki]] becomes prime minister (April 7). Allied victory at the [[Battle of Okinawa]] (June 21). The US drops [[atomic bomb]]s on [[Hiroshima]] (August 6) and [[Nagasaki]] (August 9), the Soviet Union and Mongolia invade Japanese colonies of [[Manchukuo]], [[Mengjiang]] ([[Inner Mongolia]]), northern [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea]], [[South Sakhalin]] and the [[Kuril Islands]] (August 9 – September 2). Japan surrenders (September 2): Allied occupation begins.
*1947: The [[Constitution of Japan]] comes into force.<ref name=ndlconstitution/>