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This is a list of wars involving Japan.

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
  • Kamu-yamato Iware-biko no-mikoto became first Emperor(Emperor Jimmu)
  • Foundation of Japan
Yayoi period
Civil war of Wa
(2nd century CE)
unknown Yayoi chiefdoms unknown Yayoi chiefdoms Establishment of Yamatai state
  • Consolidation of chiefdoms
  • Himiko made queen
Yamato period
Expeditions of Empress Jingū
(c.3rd century)
Yamato Silla Victory
Yamato-Goguryeo war
(391-404)
Yamato (Wa)
Baekje
Gaya
Goguryeo
Silla
Defeat
  • The Yamato troops retreated from the capital of Silla, but Ara Gaya captured the capital of Silla again
  • The Yamato troops lost the battle against Goguryeo in Pyongyang (Gwanggaeto Stele)
Jinshin War
(675)
Prince Ōama's loyal warriors Prince Ōtomo's loyal warriors Prince Ōama victory
  • Death of Prince Ōtomo
  • Emperor Tenmu (Prince Ōama) acceded to the throne.
Nara period
Thirty-Eight Years' War
(770-811)
Imperial Court Emishi Imperial victory
Heian period
Former Nine Years War
(1051-1063)
Imperial Court Abe clan Imperial victory
Gosannen War
(c. 1083-1089)
Minamoto clan
Northern Fujiwara clan
Kiyohara clan Minamoto and Fujiwara victory
Genpei War
(1180-1185)
Minamoto clan Taira clan Minamoto victory
Kamakura period
Jōkyū War
(1221)
Kamakura shogunate Retired Emperor Go-Toba's loyal warriors Kamakura victory
  • Retired emperors exiled
Mongol invasions of Japan
(1274 and 1281)
Japan Mongol Empire Victory
  • The Mongol Empire's invasions fail.
Genkō War
(1331–1333)
Emperor Go-Daigo's loyal forces Kamakura shogunate Imperial victory
Muromachi period
Ōei Invasion
(1419)
Tsushima Province Joseon Victory
  • Joseon withdrawal
Ōnin War
(1467–1477)
Hosokawa clan Ashikaga Shogunate
Yamana clan
Stalemate
  • Weakening of the Ashikaga Shogunate
Azuchi–Momoyama period
Seven Year War
(1592–1598)
Japan Joseon
Ming dynasty
Defeat
  • Tactical stalemate
  • Withdrawal of Japanese armies; Strategic Joseon/Ming dynasty victory
Edo period
Invasion of Ryukyu
(1609)
Satsuma Domain Ryukyu Kingdom Satsuma victory
  • Ryukyu Kingdom becomes a vassal state.
Shimabara Rebellion
(1637-1638)
Tokugawa shogunate
Netherlands Dutch Empire
Christian peasant and ronin rebels Tokugawa victory
Bombardment of Kagoshima
(1863)
Satsuma Domain  British Empire Stalemate
  • Tactical stalemate and mitigated British victory
Shimonoseki Campaign
(1863–1864)
Chōshū Domain  British Empire
 Dutch Empire
France French Empire
 United States of America
Defeat
  • Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000.
Summer War
(1866)
Chōshū Domain Tokugawa shogunate
Aizu Domain
Chōshū victory
  • Weakening of the Tokugawa shogunate
Meiji period
Boshin War
(1868–1869)
Imperial Court

Tozama:

Other Tozama daimyo:


 Empire of Japan


 British Empire

Tokugawa Shogunate

Aizu Domain
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei

and others...

Takamatsu Domain
Tsuruoka Domain
Kuwana Domain
Matsuyama Domain
Ogaki Domain


Republic of Ezo


France French Empire

Imperial victory
Southwestern War
(1877)
 Empire of Japan Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain Victory
  • Shizoku rebellions were suppressed
  • The conscription system was established in Japan
First Sino-Japanese War
(1894–1895)
 Empire of Japan  Qing Dynasty Victory
Japanese invasion of Taiwan
(1895)
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Republic of Formosa Victory
Boxer Rebellion
(1899–1901)
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan
Russian Empire Russian Empire
 Britain
 French Republic
 United States of America
German Empire German Empire
 Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria-Hungary)
Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Italy
 Qing dynasty Victory
  • The rebellion was suppressed.
  • Signing of the Boxer Protocol
  • Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing
Russo-Japanese War
(1904–1905)
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan Russia Russian Empire
 Principality of Montenegro(Diplomatic)
Victory
Taishō period
World War I
(1914–1918)
 Empire of Japan
 French Republic
 Britain
 Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Italy
 United States of America
 Kingdom of Serbia
 Montenegro
Beiyang government Republic of China
 Kingdom of Belgium
 Kingdom of Greece
 Kingdom of Romania
Portugal Portuguese Republic

Siam
Kingdom of Hejaz
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
File:Flag of Asir.svg Idrisid Emirate of Asir
Nepal
BrazilUnited States of Brazil
Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic
Democratic Republic of Armenia
Monaco
Cuba
Panama
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Haiti
Honduras
Liberia

 German Empire

 Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria-Hungary)
 Ottoman Empire
 Kingdom of Bulgaria
Dervish State
Sultanate of Darfur
South African Republic South African Republic

Victory
Siberian Intervention
(1918–1922)
Empire of Japan Empire of Japan
 United States of America
 British Empire
 French Republic
 Kingdom of Italy
 Republic of Poland
Beiyang government Republic of China
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Republic
Mongolia
Russia White movement
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
 Far Eastern Republic
Mongolian People's Party
Withdrawal
  • Bolsheviks regain Siberia
Shōwa period
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
(1931–1932)
 Empire of Japan  Republic of China Victory
Second Sino-Japanese War
(1937–1941)
 Empire of Japan  Republic of China Merged into World War II
Invasion of French Indochina
(1940)
 Empire of Japan  Vichy France
Victory
  • Japanese occupation of Northern French Indochina
World War II
(1941–1945)
 Empire of Japan
 German Reich
 Kingdom of Italy
 Kingdom of Thailand
 Republic of Finland
 Kingdom of Hungary
 Kingdom of Romania
 Kingdom of Bulgaria
 Slovak Republic (1939-1945)
 Independent State of Croatia
 Kingdom of Iraq
 Republic of China
 United States of America
 British Empire
 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
 French Republic
Viet Minh
 Republic of Poland
 Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
 Kingdom of Greece
 Kingdom of Denmark
 Kingdom of Norway
 Netherlands
 Kingdom of Belgium
 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
 Czechoslovak Republic
Brazil United States of Brazil
 United Mexican States
 Colombia
Cuba
 Ethiopian Empire
Defeat
Operation Masterdom
(1945–1946)
 Empire of Japan
 British Empire
France French Republic
Viet Minh Withdrawal
Heisei period
Iraq War
(2003–2011)

Peshmerga


Iraq New Iraqi government




Ba'athist Iraq

Victory
Operation Ocean Shield
(2009–present)
 Japan
 Somalia
 NATO
 Australia
 China
 Colombia
 India
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 New Zealand
 Oman
 Pakistan
 Puntland
 Russia
 Saudi Arabia
 Seychelles
 Singapore
 South Korea
 Ukraine
Somalia Somali Pirates Ongoing
  • NATO operations being conducted.

Peacekeeping missions

Mission Start-date End-date Location Troops deployed
KFOR ? Ongoing  Kosovo 316

See also