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1945-AUG-19


Great Empire of JAPAN
(Tokyo)

Great Empire of JAPAN

Flag or logo since 1900-01-01*
Dai Nippon Teikoku : NIHON – 大日本帝國 (ja)n PCA Member
Emblem or Symbol*

Emperor Hirohito
(ruler of JAPAN since 1926-12-25)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Tokyo
(Tōkyō)
Official & national languages: Japanese (ja) .
n national language

Mainland:


JAPAN Home Islands of the Greater Empire of JAPAN  (Tokyo)

7 Divisions:

CHUBU CHUBU Region  (Nagoya)Local: CHŪBU-Chihō : 中部地方 (ja)  (Nagoya)
CHUGOKU CHUGOKU Region  (Hiroshima)Local: CHŪGOKU-Chihō : 中国地方 (ja)  (Hirosima)
KANSAI KANSAI Region [Kinki Region]  (Osaka)Local: KINKI-Chihō : Kansai-Chihō – 関西地方 : 近畿地方 (ja)  (Osaka)
KANTO KANTO Region  (Tokyo)Local: KANTŌ-Chihō : 関東地方 (ja)  (Tōkyō)
KYUSHU KYUSHU Region  (Fukuoka)Local: KYŪSHŪ-Chihō : 九州地方 (ja)  (Hukuoka)
SHIKOKU SHIKOKU Region  (Matsuyama)Local: SHIKOKU-Chihō : 四国地方 (ja)  (Matsuyama)
TOHOKU TOHOKU Region  (Sendai)Local: TŌHOKU-Chihō : 東北地方 (ja)  (Sendai)



24 Territories:

ANATAHAN ANATAHAN Island  (Anatahan)Local: ANATAHAN Island (en) + ANATAHAN-shima : アナタハン島 (ja)  (Anatahan)
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Japanese Military Governorate of ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS  (Port Blair)Local: ANDAMAN NIKOBARU SHIYOTOU Shima : アンダマン・ニコバル諸島 (ja)  (Port Blair)
CHOSEN Japanese Government-General of KOREA  (Seoul a)Local: CHŎSEN-Sōtoku : 朝鮮総督 (ja)  (Keijō)
DAITO ISLANDS DAITO ISLANDS Archipelago  (Minamidaito + Kitadaito)Local: DAITŌ-Shotō : 大東諸島 (ja)  (Minamidaitō-Son + Kitadaitō-Son)
HAINAN HAINAN Administrative Committee  (Sanya)Local: KAINAN-Tō : 海南島 (ja) + HAI-NAN Tao : 海南島 (zh)  (Samah)
HOKKAIDO HOKKAIDO Agency  (Sapporo)Local: HOKKAIDŌ-Chō : 北海道庁 (ja)  (Sapporo)
HSINKING HSINKING Special Municipality  (Hsinking)Local: SHINKYŌ-Shi : 新京市 (ja)  (Shinkyō)
JAPANESE KHARBIN Japanese Concession of KHARBIN  (Kharbin Japanese Concession)Local: HARUBIN-no Sokai : ハルビンの 租界 (ja)  (Harubin)
JAPANESE TIENTSIN TIENTSIN Japanese Concession  (Amatsu)Local: AMATSU-no Sokai : 天津の 租界 (ja)  (Amatsu)
KARAFUTO KARAFUTO Prefecture [South Sakhalin Region]  (Toyohara)Local: KARAFUTO-Chō : 樺太庁 (ja)  (Toyohara)
KWANTUNG KWANTUNG Territory  (Port Arthur)Local: KANTO Shiyuu : 関東州 (ja) + KUAN-TUNG Chou : 關東州 (zh)  (Ryojun)
NAURU Japanese Military Territory of NAURU  (Makwa)Local: NAURU Shima : ナウル島 (ja)  (Makwa)
NEW GUINEA ISLANDS Japanese Occupied Territory of NEW GUINEA ISLANDS  (Rabaul)Local: NIYUGINIA SHIMA no Ryodo : ニューギニア島の領土 (ja)  (Rabauru)
NEW MALAYA Malay Federation : NEW MALAYA [Japanese Occupation]  (Kuala Lumpur)Local: NegerI-Negeri Melayu Bersekutu : MALAI BARU – نڬري٢ ملايو برسكوتو (ms) + Maraya Renpoun : Ni-Tsu Uranai-ba MARAI – マラヤ 連邦 : 日占馬來亞 : マライ (ja)  (Kuara Runpuru)
NEW PHILIPPINES Japanese Military Occupied Territory of PHILIPPINES  (Kiangan)Local: FIRIPIN Gun-ku : フィリピン軍区 (ja) + Teritoryo Militar ng PILIPINAS (tl)  (Kiangan)
NORTHERN BORNEO Military Territory of NORTHERN BORNEO  (Elopura)Local: BORUNEO KITA Gunji Iki : 軍のテリトリー (ja)  (Elopura)
NORTHERN CHINA Japanese Occupied Territories of the NORTHERN CHINA AREA  (Peking)Local: KAHOKU Chiiki : 華北地域 (ja)  (Pei-Ching)
OCCUPIED CHINA Japanese Occupied Territories in CHINA  (Nanking)Local: CHIYUUGOKU Niokeru Nipon-no Senriyouchi : 中国における日本の占領地 (ja)  (Nan-Ching)
OCEAN ISLAND District of OCEAN ISLAND [Japanese Occupation]  (Tabiang)Local: ŌSHAN SHIMA Chiku : オーシャン島 地区 (ja)  (Tabiang)
PEKING LEGATION QUARTER PEKING LEGATION Quarter [Japanese Control]  (Peking Legation Quarter)Local: TUNG CHIAO MIN Hsiang : 東交民巷 (zh)  (Tung Chiao-Min Hsiang)
SOUTH MANCHURIAN RAILWAY South Manchuria Railway Company : SMR  (Dairen)Local: Minami Manshu Tetsudo Kabushiki-gaisha : MANTETSU : みなみ まんしゅ てつど かぶしきーがいしゃ – まんてつ (ja)  (Dairen)
TAIWAN Government-General of TAIWAN [Colonial Government of Formosa]  (Taipeh)Local: TAIWAN Sōtoku : Taiwan Kōminka Undō - 臺灣總 (ja)  (Taihoku)
TIMOR TIMOR Autonomous District [Japanese Occupation]  (Dilly)Local: TEIMŌRU Chiku : ティモール地区 (ja) + Distrito autônomo de TIMOR (pt)  (Díli)
WAKE ISLAND Japanese Occupied Territory of WAKE ISLAND  (Wake Island)Local: Nihon OOTORI SHIMA : おおとりしま (ja)  (Otori Jima)

Dependent Protectorates:

KUCHING Provincial State of KUCHING  (Kuching)Local: KUCHINGA-Shu : クチンガ州 (ja)  (Kuchinga)
MIRI Provincial State of MIRI  (Miri)Local: MIRI-Shu : ミリ州 (ja)  (Miri)
RIOW ARCHIPELAGO Residency of RIOW ARCHIPELAGO  (Tanjung Pinang)Local: Keresidann KEPULAUAN RIAU : كڤولاوان رياو (zlm) + RIAU-Shoto : リアウ諸島 (ja)  (Tandjoengpinang)
SEIKAI Provincial State of SEIKAI : Governorate of The West Coast Territory  (Api-Api)Local: SEIKAI-Shu : 西海州 (ja)  (Api)
SIBU Provincial State of SIBU  (Sibu)Local: SHIBU-Shu : シブ州 (ja)  (Shibu)
TOKAI Provincial State of TOKAI [Governorate of the East Coast Territory]  (Elopura)Local: TOKAI-Shu : 東海州 (ja)  (Elopura)

5 Assisted Countries

CAMBODIA Independent Kingdom of CAMBODIA  (Phnom Penh) King Norodom Sihanouk
INDONESIA Republic of INDONESIA  (Jakarta a) President Ahmad Sukarno
INNER MONGOLIA MONGOLIAN Autonomous Federation [Inner Mongolia Federation]  (Kalgan) Prince Teh Demchuk-Dongrup
KOREA People´s Committees of the Provisional Government of the KOREAN People´s Republic  ((Seoul)) President Syngman Rhee
LAOS Kingdom of LAOS [Japanese Occupation]  (Vientiane) King Sisavang Vong






18 Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)


AIR SPORTS World Air Sports Federation : WASF  (Lausanne)
AXIS POWERS Axis Countries : AXIS PACT  (Tokyo)
CENTRAL BANK Bank for International Settlements : BIS  (Basle)
FIFA Federation of International Football Association : FIFA  (Zurich)
GREATER EAST ASIA GREATER EAST ASIA Conference  (Tokyo)
HAGUE CONVENTION Permanent Court of Arbitration : PCA  (The Hague)
LEAGUE OF RED CROSS League of Red Cross Societies : LORCS  (Geneva)
MARITIME LAW International Maritime Committee : IMC  (Antwerp)
OLYMPIC GAMES International Olympic Committee : IOC  (Lausanne)
PCIJ Permanent Court of International Justice : PCIJ  (The Hague)
PUBLIC HEALTH International Office of Public Health : IOPH  (Paris)
RED CROSS International Committee of the Red Cross : ICRC  (Geneva)
REFRIGERATION International Institute of Refrigeration : IIR  (Paris)
SHINTOISM Way of Gods : SHINTOISM  (Ujiyamada)
TELECOMMUNICATION International Telecommunication Union : ITU  (Berne)
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION Universal Postal Union : UPU  (Berne)
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES International Bureau of Weights and Measures : IBWM  (Sevres)
WORLD BUSINESS International Chamber of Commerce : ICC [The Word Business Organization]  (Paris)



Note: REF*000188


Other Territories or Entities within the 2024's internationally recognized Country boundaries:

MARCUS ISLAND United States Occupied MARCUS ISLAND  (Minamitori)
OKINAWA United States Military Governorate of OKINAWA  (Naha)
OKINOTORI ISLANDS United States Occupied OKINOTORI ISLANDS Territory  (Okinotorishima)
VOLCANO ISLANDS United States Occupation of IWO JIMA in Volcano Islands  (Iwo Jima)

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