Japan 1931-1990 Humanities C/D By Justin Yook Jan 1, 1931 Japan takes over Manchuria Jan 1, 1937 Japan takes over the east side of China Jan 1, 1939 Japan creates "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Jan 1, 1944 American planes bomb Japan Aug 6, 1945 The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Jan 1, 1951 Japan signed a treaty with the countries they had war with Jan 1, 1989 Hirohito dies and his son Akihito becomes emperor
