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Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.They agreed to assist one another should any of them be attacked by a country not already involved in the war.
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Japan occupied succession of countries including the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Burma, and Malaya
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Dropping of first atomic bomb that killed an estimated 80,000 people.
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3 days after Hiroshima the United States dropped another atomic bomb on Japan that killed an estimated 40,000 people.
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Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II.
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Japan signed peace treaties with the US and other nations. To this day, there is no treaty with Russia.
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Joined as its 80th member after 11 years of the creation of the United Nations.
