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This is a list of wars involving Japan recorded in history.
This page lists battles between Japanese central or local forces and foreign forces, as well as battles between Japanese central and local forces. Battles that resulted in de facto regime change are also listed. Many battles between local daimyō (feudal lords) and clans that did not result in a de facto change of government are not included in the following list.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results |
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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
|
Yayoi period | |||
Civil War of Wa (2nd century CE) |
Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms | Unknown Yayoi chiefdoms | Establishment of Yamatai state
|
Yamato period | |||
Goguryeo–Wa conflicts (391–404) |
Wa Baekje Gaya |
Goguryeo Silla |
Defeat
|
Mishihase War (658–660) |
Yamato State Emishi |
Mishihase | Victory
|
Baekje-Tang War (660–663) |
Yamato (Wa) Baekje Goguryeo |
Tang Silla |
Defeat
|
Jinshin War (672) |
Prince Ōama | Prince Ōtomo | Prince Ōama victory
|
Nara period | |||
Thirty-Eight Years' War (770–811) |
Imperial Court | Emishi | Imperial victory
|
Heian period | |||
Tengyō no Ran (935–940) |
Imperial Court | Provincial landowners | Imperial victory
|
Former Nine Years' War (1051–1063) |
Imperial Court | Abe clan | Imperial victory
|
Later Three Year's War (c. 1083–1089) |
Minamoto clan Northern Fujiwara clan |
Kiyohara clan | Minamoto and Fujiwara victory
|
Hōgen rebellion (July 28 – August 16, 1156) |
Forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa | Forces loyal to Emperor Sutoku | Victory for Emperor Go-Shirakawa
|
Heiji rebellion (January 19 – February 5, 1160) |
Taira forces loyal to Emperor Go-Shirakawa | Minamoto clan | Taira 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
|
Mongol invasions of Japan (1274 and 1281) |
Japan | Yuan dynasty | Victory
|
Genkō War (1331–1333) |
Emperor Go-Daigo's loyal forces | Kamakura shogunate | Imperial victory
|
Muromachi period | |||
Ōei Invasion (1419) |
Tsushima Province | Joseon | Victory[1][2]
|
Ōnin War (1467–1477) |
Hosokawa clan | Yamana clan | Hosokawa clan victory
|
Battle of Fukuda Bay (1565) |
Matsura clan | Kingdom of Portugal | Defeat |
Azuchi–Momoyama period | |||
1582 Cagayan battles (1582) |
Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates) | Spain
|
Defeat |
Bunroku-Keicho War/Imjin War (1592–1598) |
Japan | Joseon Korea Ming China |
Defeat
|
Battle of Sekigahara (1600) |
Eastern Army
|
Western Army
|
Eastern Army victory
|
Edo period | |||
Invasion of Ryukyu (1609) |
Satsuma Domain | Ryūkyū Kingdom | Satsuma victory
|
Nossa Senhora da Graça incident (1610) |
Tokugawa shogunate | Kingdom of Portugal | Victory
|
Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) |
Tokugawa shogunate Dutch Empire |
Roman Catholics and rōnin rebels | Victory
|
Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863) |
Satsuma Domain | Britain | Defeat
|
Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) |
Chōshū Domain | Britain Dutch Empire France United States |
Defeat
|
Summer War (1866) |
Chōshū Domain | Tokugawa shogunate Aizu Domain |
Tokugawa defeat
|
Meiji period | |||
Boshin War (1868–1869) |
Imperial Court
Other Tozama daimyō:
|
Tokugawa shogunate Aizu Domain Takamatsu Domain |
Imperial victory |
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874) (1874) |
Japan | Paiwan China |
Victory
|
Battle of Ganghwa (1875) |
Japan | Korea | Victory
|
Southwestern War (1877) |
Japan | Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain | Imperial victory
|
First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) |
Japan | China | Victory
|
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) |
Japan | Formosa | Victory
|
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
Japan Russia United Kingdom France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy |
Boxers China |
Victory
|
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) |
Japan | Russia | Victory
|
Battle of Namdaemun (1907) |
Japan | Korea | Victory
|
Beipu uprising (1907) |
Japan | Hakka Saisiyat |
Victory
|
Taishō period | |||
Truku War (1914) |
Japan | Truku Tribe | Victory
|
Tapani incident (1915) |
Japan | Tai Republic Han Taiwanese Taiwanese aborigines |
Victory
|
World War I (1914–1918) |
Japan France United Kingdom Russia |
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
Victory
|
Occupation of Constantinople (1918–1923) |
Japan[9] United Kingdom France Italy Greece United States[9] |
Ottoman Empire | Temporary occupation
|
Japanese intervention in Siberia (1918–1922) |
Japan White movement United States United Kingdom France Italy Poland China Czechoslovakia Mongolia |
Russia Far Eastern Republic Mongolian People's Party |
Victory |
Shōwa period | |||
Jinan incident (1928) |
Japan | Kuomintang government | Victory
|
Musha Incident (1930) |
Japan Toda Truku (Taroko) |
Tkdaya | Victory
|
Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931–1932) |
Japan | China | Victory
|
Pacification of Manchukuo (1931–1942) |
Japan Manchukuo |
China | Victory
|
January 28 incident (1932) |
Japan | China | Stalemate
|
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932–1939) |
Japan | Soviet Union Mongolia |
Defeat |
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) |
Japan
Reorganized National Government |
China
|
Defeat
|
Invasion of French Indochina (1940) |
Japan | Vichy France | Victory
|
World War II (1941–1945) |
Japan Germany Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Finland Thailand Iraq |
United States Soviet Union United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway Czechoslovakia India Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Mongolia Tuva |
Defeat
|
Pacific War (1941–1945) |
Japan | United States | Defeat
Allied victory
Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952)
|
Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1949) |
Japan (volunteers) Indonesia India (defectors) |
Japan (until 1946) | Indonesian Victory
|
Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
Japan United Kingdom France |
Viet Minh | Victory
|
Heisei period | |||
Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001) |
Japan | North Korea | Victory
|
Iraq War (2003–2011) |
|
Victory
| |
Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) |
Japan Somalia NATO Australia China Colombia India Indonesia Malaysia New Zealand Oman Pakistan Puntland Russia Saudi Arabia Seychelles Singapore South Korea Ukraine |
Somali pirates | Victory
|
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