Japanese colonial empire

propaganda term for the sphere of influence of the Japanese empire, purporting to provide pan-Asian autonomy free from European colonialism

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300px|thumb| Map of Japanese Hokushin-ron plans for a Kantokuen|potential attack on the Soviet Union. Dates indicate the year that Japan gained control of the territory.

Japanese territorial conquests (1895–1945)

thumb|Japanese expansion in the Asia-Pacific after Kantokuen was cancelled

spheres of influence of an empire arising without formal annexation

area of Japanese extraterritorial rights in northeast China in 1937

government ministry of Japan from 1942 to 1945

political and military strategy followed by Japan leading up to world war II.

government ministry of Japan from 1929 to 1942