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Events relating to japan
The Treaty of Portsmouth gives Japan control of Port Arthur and much of the Liaotung Peninsula
President Roosevelt wins a Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation between Russia and Japan
The last Manchu emperor, Puyi, is placed on the throne at the age of two on the death of his uncle, the Guanxu emperor
The Empress Dowager Cixi dies the day after selecting the infant Puyi for the Chinese throne
Bernard Leach moves to Japan to study oriental traditions in the graphic arts
Japan annexes Korea as a colony, to be controlled by a Japanese governor-general
Bernard Leach discovers his skill and future craft at a raku party in Japan, where each guest is invited to throw a pot
Tibet declares its independence after the fall of the Qing dynasty and the end of imperial China
Yuan Shikai outlaws the Guomindang party in the republic of China, to give himself unchallenged power as president
Japan, with her own local agenda in the far east, declares war on Germany
The German enclave of Qingdao, in China, falls to the Japanese after a two-month siege
The Japanese potter Shoji Hamada accompanies Bernard Leach on his return to England
25-year-old Hirohito succeeds to the imperial throne of Japan after five years as prince regent
The Japanese occupy the Chinese state of Manchuria
Japan renames the Chinese province of Manchuria, calling it Manchukuo – supposedly independent but in fact a puppet state
Japan announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations after a resolution is passed declaring the Japanese occupation of Manchuria illegal
In Frontier the Japanese-US sculptor Isamu Noguchi designs the first of his many sets for Martha Graham ballets
Kim Il Sung leads a Communist guerrilla campaign against the Japanese occupation of Korea
Germany and Japan establish an Anti-Comintern Pact against their common enemy, the USSR
The Japanese use an incident at the Marco Polo Bridge, near Beijing, as the pretext for an attack on China
Japanese troops occupy Beijing – at the start of eight years of continuous war between China and Japan
The Japanese capture the Chinese capital, Nanjing, and massacre at least 300,000 inhabitants within a few weeks
Hungary aligns itself with the Axis powers, signing Germany and Japan's Anti-Comintern Pact
An incident on the border between Japanese Manchukuo and Soviet territory sparks a four-month war with the USSR that brings heavy Japanese losses
Germany, Italy and Japan form a Tripartite Pact as a military alliance
