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1918 Japan Rice Riot
After World War I, the price of rice peaked. Consequent inflation started to affect Japanese society. Government had not only failed to solve the problem already exists, but because of the need to send troops to Siberia rations, rice in the market was almost sold out by military. Therefore, the price of rice continue to rise. In protest against the government intervention in the economy incompetently, causing their dissatisfaction spread from rural to urban. -
The End of World War I
Even though Japan couldn't be one of the dominating power in Treay of Versailles, it still gained huge profits which included gaining colonies in China and then it got confidence to start its imperialism expansion in Japan and East Asia. -
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1923 Great Kantō earthquake
The Great Kantō earthquake struck the Kantō Plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 a.m. JST on Saturday, September 1, 1923. The death toll reached 130,000, and the Japanese economy suffered heavy losses. -
ｅｍｐｅｒｏｒ ｓｈｏｗａ ａscendｅｄ the throne
On December 25, 1926, Hirohito assumed the throne upon his father, Yoshihito's, death. The Crown Prince was said to have received the succession．The Taishō era's end and the Shōwa era's beginning (Enlightened Peace) were proclaimed. -
Shōwa financial crisis
Was a financial panic in 1927, during the first year of the reign of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and was a foretaste of the Great Depression. It brought down the government of Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō and led to the domination of the zaibatsu over the Japanese banking industry. -
Huanggutun incident
was an assassination plotted by the Japanese Kwantung Army that targeted Fengtian warlord Zhang Zuolin. -
great depression
Great Depression seriously affect the Japanese economy. In 1929--1931 years, the economic recessed 8% in Japan. -
Chianan irrigation‘s finish
Chianan Canal improved the planting area of rice from 5000 to 150,000 hectares, and made the rice crops in its irrigated area can harvest three times annually. -
Wushe Incident
began in October 1930 and was the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Taiwan. In response to long-term oppression by Japanese authorities, the Seediq indigenous group in Wushe (Musha) attacked the village, killing over 130 Japanese. In response, the Japanese led a relentless counter-attack, killing over 600 Seediq in retaliation. The handling of the incident by the Japanese authorities was strongly criticised, leading to many changes in aboriginal policy. -
Mukden Incident
was a staged event engineered by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion in 1931 of northeastern China, known as Manchuria. -
January 28 Incident （Shanghai War of 1932）
The January 28 Incident or Shanghai Incident was a conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, before official hostilities of the Second Sino-Japanese War commenced in 1937. -
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was an attempted coup d'état in Japan, on May 15, 1932, launched by reactionary elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy, aided by cadets in the Imperial Japanese Army and civilian remnants of the ultra nationalist League of Blood. Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated by 11 young naval officers. -
Ｆｅｂｕａｒｙ ２６ Ｉｎｃｉｄｅｎｔ
Ｗas an attempted coup d'état in Japan on 26 February 1936. It was organized by a group of young Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) officers with the goal of purging the government and military leadership of their factional rivals and ideological opponents. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other, mainly fascist, governments) on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the Third (Communist) International. -
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
The evening of 7 July 1937, the Japanese Army in the vicinity of Republic of China claimed that a Japanese soldier was "disappeared", and went to search Wanping city, was refused by military defenders of the 29th Army. Japanese soldires then fired to Chinese military and attacked Marco Polo Bridge. On the next day, Japanese bombarded Wanping City. After the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin, the 29th Army was eventually forced to retreat to Baoding，Ping-Jin area falled. Then the war totally broke out.
