Rise of Japan By facebooker_466648596875065 Period: Aug 1, 1894 to Apr 17, 1895 First Sino-Japanese war Jan 30, 1902 The Anglo-Japanese Alliance Period: Feb 8, 1904 to Sep 5, 1905 Russo-Japanese war Sep 5, 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth Aug 29, 1910 Japan Annexes Korea Sep 2, 1914 Japan seizes Shandong Jan 18, 1915 Twenty one demands on China Period: Aug 1, 1918 to Oct 30, 1922 SIBERIAN INTERVENTION Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Period: Nov 12, 1921 to Feb 2, 1922 The Washington Conference May 12, 1925 The Peace Preservation law Dec 25, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor Sep 18, 1931 Mukden incident Jul 7, 1937 Marco Polo Bridge incident Period: Jul 7, 1937 to Sep 9, 1945 2nd Sino-Japanese war Period: Dec 13, 1937 to Jan 13, 1938 Nanking massacre Sep 27, 1940 Tripartite pact
