Asia By joshuabowyer 1910 Japan annexes Korea 1912 Republic of china established 1933 Japan pulls out of league of nations Period: 1936 to 1945 Unit 731 does human experimentation 1937 Japan's invasion of china 1941 Pearl harbour 1941 Black Christmas 1945 Battle of Okinawa 1948 Division of north and south Korea Period: 1948 to 1996 Japanese eugenic law (Sterilization of disabled people in japan) Period: 1950 to 1953 Korean war Period: 1955 to 1975 Vietnam war 1967 First highspeed rail introduced in Tokyo 1969 Samsung is formed 1996 Taliban takes control of Afghanistan 1996 Nepalese Civil war begins