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1853
Commodore Perry sails into Nagasaki harbour to open trade negotiations with the Japanese emperor
1894
The Sino-Japanese War breaks out over influence in Korea
1895
Treaty of Shimonoseki marking a shift from Chinese to Japanese regional dominance
The Triple Intervention by Russia, Germany, and France forces Japan to give up control of Liaodong Peninsula
1902
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed
1904
The Russo-Japanese War breaks out
1915
Japan presents the Twenty-One Demands to China which sought to extend Japanese control of Manchuria and the Chinese economy
1919
The Paris Peace Conference takes place, Japan lays claim to Shandong province in China and Germany colonies in North Pacific
Japan proposed the inclusion of a Racial Equality Clause in the covenant of the League of Nations, denied
The May Fourth Movement breaks out in China in protest against Japanese demands at the Paris Peace Conference
1922
Five Power Naval Treaty concluded which attempted to limit naval competition between world powers by imposing a 5:5:3 ratio in battleships and aircrafts for Britain, USA, and Japan
Nine-Power Treaty imposes “Open Door” principles in trade with China
1926
The Northern Expedition is launched by Jiang Jieshi in China and in collaboration with the Chinese Communist Party, the ‘United Front’ succeeded in establishing a new central government in China
1930
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in the US raises tariffs on US imports, decimating Japanese exports to US
1931
The Manchurian Incident where a Japanese-planted bomb exploded giving excuse for invasion
1936
February 26 Incident coup d’etat attempted by faction that wanted Soviet domination
Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany due to mutual fears of USSR
1937
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident leads to the Japanese invasion of China and the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War
1932
Stimson Doctrine announced
The Shanghai Incident occurs as fighting breaks out between Japanese marines and GMD troops
1933
The Tanggu Truce is signed with China which gave Japan control of Jehol province and the Shanhaiguan Pass
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1940
France falls to Germany after losing the Battle of France
The US Export Control Act halted the shipment of airplanes, parts, machine tools, and aviation gas to Japan
Tripartite Pact (Pact of Steel) with Italy and Germany
The U.S. Export Control Act which also banned iron and scrap metal trade with Japan
1941
The U.S. Lend-Lease Act launched a program for supplying Britain and other allies with ‘surplus’ armaments in return for bases
Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku begins planning Pearl Harbor
U.S. implements a total oil and gas embargo on Japan
December 7th Pearl Harbor attack