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| 1912 |
| | Tibet declares its independence after the fall of the Qing dynasty and the end of imperial China | |
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| 1913 |
| | Yuan Shikai outlaws the Guomindang party in the republic of China, to give himself unchallenged power as president | |
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| 1914 August 23 |
| | Japan, with her own local agenda in the far east, declares war on Germany | |
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| 1920 |
| | The Japanese potter Shoji Hamada accompanies Bernard Leach on his return to England | |
| | Stoneware jug, Shoji Hamada Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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| 1926 |
| | 25-year-old Hirohito succeeds to the imperial throne of Japan after five years as prince regent | |
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| 1931 |
| | The Japanese occupy the Chinese state of Manchuria | |
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| 1932 |
| | Japan renames the Chinese province of Manchuria, calling it Manchukuo – supposedly independent but in fact a puppet state | |
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| 1933 |
| | Japan announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations after a resolution is passed declaring the Japanese occupation of Manchuria illegal | |
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| c. 1935 |
| | Kim Il Sung leads a Communist guerrilla campaign against the Japanese occupation of Korea | |
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| 1936 |
| | Germany and Japan establish an Anti-Comintern Pact against their common enemy, the USSR | |
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