| Term | Definition |
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America, Britain, China, and Dutch East Indies |
ABCD bloc/powers |
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fifteen-year war |
term used for period of japanese involvement in WWII |
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haiku |
three lined poem; 5/7/5 syllables |
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showa era |
reign of hirohito |
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1926-1989 |
years of showa era |
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second sino-japanese war |
war b/w japan and china (Chiang Kai-Shek & Mao Zedong) |
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1937-1945 |
years of the second sino-japanese war |
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yamato |
refers to Japan or Japanese things |
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zibatsu |
family owned business |
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1924 |
year US started banning Japanese immigrants |
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1930 |
year Japan invaded Manchuria |
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Manchuku |
new name for Manchuria |
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1937-1945 |
years of second sino-japanese war |
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1894-1895 |
years of sino-japanese war |
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1904-1905 |
years of Russo-japanese war |
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1919 |
year of Versailles Peace Treaty |
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second |
sino-japanese war that included chiang and mao |
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Southeast asia (Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines) |
area/countries invaded by Japan |
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1942 |
year Japan was at its peak |
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Dec. 7, 1941 |
d/m/y of pearl harbor |
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3 yrs and 8 months |
time us fought japan |
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6 years and 8 months |
time us occupied japan |
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November 1, 1945 |
original date for d-day |
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1951 |
year Truman "relieved" MacArthur |
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Akihito |
current emperor of japan |
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Yasuo Fukuda |
current pm of japan |
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oya bun |
leader of a group |
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ko bun |
followers in a group |
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Pu Yi |
man put in charge of Manchuria |