The following is a list of Japanese battles, organised by date.

Ancient/Classical Japan

Jōmon Period

  • Jimmu's Eastern Expedition (c. 7th century BCE)

Yayoi Period

  • Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion (c. 1st century BCE) :ja:武埴安彦命
  • Expedition of Yamato Takeru (c. late 1st century-early 2nd century) :ja:ヤマトタケル
  • Civil war of Wa (2nd century AD)
  • Expedition of Empress Jingū (c. 3rd century) :ja:三韓征伐

Kofun period

  • Goguryeo–Yamato War (391–404)
  • Kibi Clan Rebellion (463)
  • Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion (479)
  • Iwai Rebellion (527–528)
  • Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion (534) :ja:武蔵国造の乱

Asuka period

  • Battle of Shigisan (587)
  • Isshi Incident (645)　<!--大化の改新-->
  • North expedition of Abe no Hirafu (658–660) :ja:阿倍比羅夫
  • Battle of Baekgang (663) <!--白村江の戦い-->
  • Jinshin War (672)　<!--壬申の乱-->

Nara Period

  • Hayato Rebellion (720–721)
  • Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion (740)
  • Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion (764)
  • Thirty-Eight Year War (774–811) <!--蝦夷征討-->
  • Hōki Rebellion (780–781?) :ja:宝亀の乱
  • Battle of Subuse (788) :ja:巣伏の戦い

Heian Period

  • Thirty-Eight Year War (774–811) <!--蝦夷征討-->
  • Conquest by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (801)
  • Last Conquest by Funya no Watamaro (811)
  • Gangyō Rebellion (878) :ja:元慶の乱
  • Kanbyō Silla pirate invasion (893) :ja:新羅の入寇
  • Jōhei-Tengyō Rebellion (936–941) :ja:承平天慶の乱
  • Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion (947) :ja:藤原是助の乱
  • Toi invasion (1019)
  • Taira no Tadatsune Rebellion (1028–1030) :ja:平忠常の乱
  • Zenkunen War (1051–1062) <!--前九年の役-->
  • Battle of Onikiribe (1051)<!--鬼切部の戦い-->
  • Battle of Kinomi (1057)<!--黄海の戦い-->
  • Siege of Komatsu (1062)<!--小松柵の戦い-->
  • Siege of Koromogawa (1062)<!--衣川館の戦い-->
  • Siege of Kuriyagawa　(1062) <!--厨川柵の戦い-->
  • Enkyū Battle of Ezo (1070) :ja:延久蝦夷合戦
  • Gosannen War (1083–1087) <!--後三年の役-->
  • Siege of Kanezawa (1087)<!--金沢柵の戦い-->
  • Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion (1107–1108) :ja:源義親の乱
  • Hōgen Rebellion (1156) <!--保元の乱-->
  • Heiji Rebellion (1160) <!--平治の乱-->

Genpei War (1179–1185)

<!--治承寿永の乱-->

  • Battle of Ishibashiyama (1180)　<!--石橋山の戦い-->
  • Battle of Fujigawa (1180) <!--富士川の戦い-->
  • Battle of Sunomata-gawa (1181) <!--墨俣川の戦い-->
  • Battle of Kurikara (1183) <!--倶梨伽羅峠の戦い-->
  • Siege of Hōjūjidono (1184)　<!--法住寺合戦-->
  • Battle of Uji (1184) <!--宇治川の戦い-->
  • Battle of Awazu (1184) <!--粟津の戦い-->
  • Battle of Ichi-no-Tani (1184) <!--一の谷の戦い-->
  • Battle of Kojima (1184) <!--藤戸の戦い-->
  • Battle of Yashima (1185) <!--屋島の戦い-->
  • Battle of Dan-no-ura (1185) <!--壇ノ浦の戦い-->

Feudal Japan to Early Modern Japan

Kamakura period

  • Battle of Ōshū (1189)
  • Kennin Rebellion (1201)
  • Hatakeyama Shigetada Rebellion(1205)ja:畠山忠重の乱
  • Wada Rebellion (1213) :ja:和田合戦
  • Miura Rebellion (1247) :ja:宝治合戦
  • Jōkyū War (1221) <!--承久の変-->
  • Battle of Uji (1221)
  • February Incident(1272) :ja:二月騒動

Mongol Invasions of Japan (1274 & 1281)

  • Battle of Bun'ei (1274)　<!--文永の役-->
  • Battle of Kōan (1281) <!--弘安の役-->

Genkō War (1331–1333)

<!--元弘の乱-->

  • Siege of Kasagi(1331) <!--笠置山の戦い-->
  • Siege of Akasaka (1331) <!--赤坂城の戦い-->
  • Siege of Chihaya (1333) <!--千早城の戦い-->
  • Battle of Bubaigawara (1333)　<!--分倍河原の戦い 新田義貞-->
  • Siege of Kamakura (1333) <!--鎌倉陥落-->

Muromachi period

  • Nakasendai Rebellion (1335) :ja:中先代の乱
  • Civil war of the Kenmu Restoration (1335–1336)

Nanboku-chō period (1336–1392)

  • Battle of Tatarahama (1336) <!--多々良浜の戦い-->
  • Battle of Minatogawa (1336) <!--湊川の戦い-->
  • Siege of Kanegasaki (1337) <!--金ヶ崎城の戦い-->
  • Battle of Ishizu (1338) :ja:石津の戦い
  • Battle of Shijō Nawate (1348) <!--四条畷の戦い-->
  • Kannō Incident (1350–1352) :ja:観応の擾乱
  • Battle of Uchidehama (1351) :ja:打出浜の戦い
  • Battle of Chikugogawa (1359) :ja:筑後川の戦い
  • Ōei Rebellion (1399) :ja:応永の乱
  • Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū (1416–1417) :ja:上杉禅秀の乱
  • Eikyō Rebellion (1438–1439) :ja:永享の乱
  • Yūki War (1440–1441)
  • Siege of Yūki (1440) :ja:結城合戦
  • Kakitsu Incident (1441) :ja:嘉吉の乱

Sengoku period

Kyōtoku Incident (1454–1482)

  • Battle of Bubaigawara (1455) :ja:分倍河原の戦い(室町時代)
  • Koshamain's Revolt (1456–1457) :ja:コシャマインの戦い
  • Battle of Irako (1459–1477) :ja:五十子の戦い
  • Nagao Kageharu Rebellion (1476–1480) :ja:長尾景春の乱
  • Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara (1477) :ja:江古田・沼袋原の戦い
  • Ōnin War (1467–1477)
  • Battle of Goryō (1467) :ja:御霊合戦
  • Battle of Higashi Iwakura (1467) :ja:東岩倉の戦い
  • Battle of Shokokuji (1467) :ja:相国寺の戦い
  • Battle of Kamigyo (1467) :ja:上京の戦い
  • Battle of Ichijo Omiya (1467)
  • Yamashiro Rebellion (1485–1493)
  • Kaga Rebellion (1487–1488)
  • Chōkyō Incident (1487–1505)　:ja:長享の乱
  • Battle of Tachigawara (1504) :ja:立河原の戦い
  • Battle of Kuzuryūgawa (1506)
  • Battle of Nyoigatake (1509) :ja:如意ケ嶽の戦い
  • Battle of Nagamorihara (1510) :ja:長森原の戦い
  • Siege of Gongenyama (1510)
  • Siege of Arai (1516) <!-- 三崎城の戦い-->
  • Battle of Arita-Nakaide (1517) :ja:有田中井手の戦い
  • Battle of Iidagawara (1521)
  • Ningbo Turmoil (1523) :ja:寧波の乱
  • Siege of Edo (1524)
  • Siege of Kamakura (1526)
  • Battle of Nashinokidaira (1526)
  • Battle of Katsuragawa (1527) :ja:桂川原の戦い
  • Battle of Ozawahara (1530)
  • Battle of Tatenawate (1530) :ja:田手畷の戦い
  • Battle of Shiokawa no gawara (1531)
  • Kyoroku War (1531) :ja:享禄の錯乱
  • Battle of Daimotsu (1531) :ja:大物崩れ
  • Tenbun War (1532–1535) :ja:天文の錯乱
  • Siege of Iimoriyama (1532) ja:飯盛山城の戦い
  • Siege of Sakai (1532)<!--顕本寺にて堺幕府滅亡-->
  • Siege of Yamashina Honganji (1532) ja:山科本願寺の戦い
  • Battle of Idano (1535)
  • Battle of Un no Kuchi (1536)　<!--海ノ口城-->
  • Battle of Sanbuichigahara (1536)<!--三分一原の戦い-->
  • Hanakura Incident (1536) :ja:花倉の乱
  • Battle of Sendanno (1536)
  • Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537)　<!--松山城風流合戦-->
  • Battle of Kōnodai (1538) <!--第一次国府台合戦-->
  • Battle of Ichiki Tsurumaru Castle (1539)
  • Siege of Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle (1540–1541) <!--吉田郡山城の戦い-->
  • Battle of Sezawa (1542)
  • Siege of Uehara (1542)
  • Siege of Kuwabara (1542)
  • Siege of Fukuyo (1542)
  • Battle of Ankokuji (1542)
  • First Battle of Azukizaka (1542) <!--第一次小豆坂の戦い-->
  • Siege of Toda Castle (1542–1543) <!--月山富田城の戦い-->
  • Utsuro Rebellion (1542–1548) :ja:天文の乱(洞の乱)
  • Siege of Tochio (1544)
  • Siege of Takatō (1545)
  • Battle of Kawagoe (1546) <!--川越夜戦-->
  • Battle of Odaihara (1546) <!--小田井原の戦い-->
  • Siege of Shika Castle (1546–1547)
  • Battle of Kanōguchi (1547)
  • Second Battle of Azukizaka (1548)<!--第二次小豆坂の戦い-->
  • Battle of Uedahara (1548) <!--上田原の戦い-->
  • Battle of Shiojiritoge (1548)
  • Siege of Kajiki (1549)
  • Siege of Toishi (1550) :ja:砥石崩れ
  • Tainei-ji incident (1551)
  • Battle of Kiyosu Castle (1552)
  • Siege of Katsurao (1553)
  • First Battle of Kawanakajima (1553)
  • Siege of Kannomine (1554)
  • Siege of Matsuo (1554)
  • Battle of Enshu-Omori (1554)
  • Siege of Iwatsurugi Castle (1554)
  • Battle of Muraki Castle (1554)
  • Second Battle of Kawanakajima (1555)
  • Battle of Ino (1555)
  • Battle of Miyajima (1555)
  • Battle of Nagaragawa (1556)
  • Siege of Katsurayama (1557)
  • Third Battle of Kawanakajima (1557)
  • Battle of Ukino (1558)
  • Siege of Terabe (1558)
  • Siege of Marune (1560)
  • Battle of Okehazama (1560)
  • Battle of Tonomoto (1560)
  • Battle of Norada (1560)
  • Battle of Moribe (1561)
  • First Siege of Odawara (1561)
  • Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima (1561)
  • Siege of Moji (1561)
  • Battle of Kyōkōji (1562)
  • Siege of Kaminogō Castle (1562)
  • Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563)
  • Battle of Batogahara (1564)
  • Battle of Kōnodai (1564)
  • Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima (1564)
  • Battle of Fukuda Bay (1565)
  • Siege of Minowa (1566)
  • Siege of Inabayama Castle (1567)

Azuchi–Momoyama period

  • Battle of Torisaka (1568)
  • Siege of Hachigata (1568)
  • Siege of Tachibana (1569)
  • Battle of Tatarahama (1569)
  • Second Siege of Odawara (1569)
  • Battle of Mimasetoge (1569)
  • Siege of Kakegawa (1569)
  • Siege of Kanbara (1569)
  • Battle of Nunobeyama (1570)
  • Battle of Takehiro (1571)
  • Siege of Fukazawa (1571)
  • Battle of Tonegawa (1571)
  • Siege of Futamata (1572)
  • Battle of Kizaki (1572)
  • Siege of Noda Castle (1573)
  • First Siege of Takatenjin (1574)
  • Siege of Yoshida Castle (1575)
  • Siege of Takabaru (1576)
  • Siege of Nanao (1577)
  • Siege of Otate (1578)
  • Battle of Mimigawa (1578)
  • Battle of Mimaomote (1579)
  • Battle of Omosu (1580)
  • Battle of Nakatomigawa (1582)
  • Battle of Okitanawate (1584)
  • Siege of Iwaya Castle (1586)
  • Battle of Hitotoribashi (1586)
  • Battle of Koriyama (1588)
  • Siege of Kurokawa Castle (1589)
  • Battle of Suriagehara (1589)

Unification by Oda Nobunaga

  • Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)
  • Siege of Chōkō-ji (1570)
  • Battle of Anegawa (1570)
  • Ishiyama Hongan-ji War (1570–1580)
  • Siege of Mount Hiei (1571)
  • Sieges of Nagashima (1571, 1573, 1574)
  • Siege of Iwamura Castle (1572)
  • Battle of Mikatagahara (1573)
  • Siege of Odani Castle (1573)
  • Siege of Ichijōdani Castle (1573)
  • Battle of Nagashino (1575)
  • Battles of Kizugawaguchi (1576, 1578)
  • Siege of Kuroi Castle (1577)
  • Siege of Shigisan (1577)
  • Battle of Tedorigawa (1577)
  • Siege of Kōzuki Castle (1578)
  • Siege of Miki (1578–1580)
  • Siege of Yakami (1579)
  • Siege of Itami (1579)
  • Tenshō Iga War (1579, 1581)
  • Siege of Hijiyama (1581)
  • Second Siege of Takatenjin (1581)
  • Siege of Tottori (1581)
  • Battle of Tenmokuzan (1582)
  • Siege of Takatō (1582)
  • Siege of Takamatsu (1582)
  • Siege of Uozu (1582)
  • Honnō-ji Incident (1582)
  • Battle of Kanagawa (1582)

Unification by Toyotomi Hideyoshi

  • Battle of Yamazaki (1582)
  • Battle of Shizugatake (1583)
  • Battle of Hiketa (1583)
  • Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584)
  • Siege of Kanie (1584)
  • Siege of Suemori (1584)
  • Siege of Negoro-ji (1585)
  • Siege of Ōta Castle (1585)
  • Siege of Toyama (1585)
  • Shikoku campaign (1585)
  • Kyūshū campaign (1586–1587)
  • Siege of Shimoda (1590)
  • Siege of Hachigata (1590)
  • Siege of Odawara (1590)
  • Siege of Oshi (1590)
  • Kunohe Rebellion (1591)
  • Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (1592–1598)
  • Battle of Bunroku (1592–1593)
  • Battle of Keicho (1597–1598)

Unification by Tokugawa Ieyasu

  • Siege of Shiroishi (1600)
  • Siege of Hataya (1600)
  • Siege of Kaminoyama (1600)
  • Siege of Hasedō (1600)
  • Siege of Matsukawa (1600)
  • Siege of Tanabe (1600)
  • Battle of Gifu Castle (1600)
  • Siege of Fushimi (1600)
  • Battle of Asai (1600)
  • Siege of Annotsu (1600)
  • Siege of Ueda (1600)
  • Siege of Ōtsu (1600)
  • Battle of Ishigakibara (1600)
  • Battle of Kuisegawa (1600)
  • Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
  • Siege of Udo (1600)
  • Siege of Yanagawa (1600)
  • Siege of Sawayama (1600)
  • Siege of Minakuchi (1600)

Edo period

  • Battle of Matsukawa (1601)
  • Rokugō Rebellion (1603)
  • Red Seal ship incident (1608 or 1609)
  • Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
  • Nossa Senhora da Graça incident (1610)
  • Siege of Osaka (1614–1615)
  • Winter Campaign (大坂冬の陣 Osaka Fuyu no Jin)
  • Battle of Imafuku (1614)
  • Battle of Shigino (1614)
  • Battle of Kizugawa (1614)
  • Battle of Noda-Fukushima (1614)
  • Siege of Sanada-maru (1615)
  • Summer Campaign (大坂夏の陣 Osaka Natsu no Jin)
  • Battle of Kashii (1615)
  • Battle of Dōmyōji (1615)
  • Battle of Yao (1615)
  • Battle of Wakae (1615)
  • Battle of Tennoji (1615)
  • Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1616) (1616–1617)
  • Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638)
  • Shakushain's Revolt (1669–1672)
  • Jōkyō Uprising (1686)
  • Ueda Rebellion (1761) :ja:上田騒動
  • Nijinomatsubara Rebellion (1771) :ja:虹の松原一揆
  • Menashi-Kunashir Rebellion (1789)
  • Ōshio Heihachirō's Rebellion (1837)
  • Tsushima Incident (1862)
  • Battle of Shimonoseki Straits (1863)
  • Battles for Shimonoseki (1863)
  • Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863)
  • Mito Rebellion (1864)
  • Kinmon Incident (1864)
  • First Chōshū expedition (1864)
  • Battles for Shimonoseki (1864)
  • Second Chōshū expedition (1866)

Boshin War (1868–1869)

  • Battle of Toba–Fushimi (1868)
  • Battle of Awa (1868)
  • Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma (1868)
  • Battle of Utsunomiya Castle (1868)
  • Battle of Ueno (1868)
  • Battle of Aizu (1868)
  • Battle of Miyako Bay (1869)
  • Battle of Hakodate (1869)
  • Naval Battle of Hakodate (1869)

Modern period

Meiji period

  • Saga Rebellion (1874)
  • Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)
  • Ganghwa Island incident (1875)
  • Shinpūren Rebellion (1876)
  • Akizuki Rebellion (1876)
  • Hagi Rebellion (1876)
  • Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
  • Siege of Kumamoto Castle (1877)
  • Battle of Tabaruzaka (1877)
  • Battle of Shiroyama (1877)
  • Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894–1895)
  • Battle of Ugeumchi (1894)

First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)

  • Battle of Pungdo (1894)
  • Battle of Seonghwan (1894)
  • Battle of Pyongyang (1894)
  • Battle of Yalu River (1894)
  • Battle of Jiuliancheng (1894)
  • Battle of Lushunkou (1894)
  • Battle of Weihaiwei (1895)
  • Battle of Yingkou (1895)
  • Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
  • Pescadores Campaign (1895)
  • Battle of Keelung (1895) (1895)
  • Hsinchu Campaign (1895)
  • Battle of Baguashan (1895)
  • Battle of Chiayi (1895)
  • Battle of Chiatung (1895)
  • Capitulation of Tainan (1895)
  • Battle of Changhsing (1895)

Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

  • Battle of the Taku Forts (1900)
  • Seymour Expedition (1900)
  • Battle of Langfang (1900)
  • Battle of Tientsin (1900)
  • Siege of the International Legations (1900)
  • Battle of Beicang (1900)
  • Gaselee Expedition (1900)
  • Battle of Peking (1900)
  • Battle of Yangcun (1900)

Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

  • Battle of Port Arthur (1904–1905)
  • Battle of Chemulpo Bay (1904)
  • Battle of Yalu River (1904)
  • Battle of Te-li-Ssu (1904)
  • Battle of Motien Pass (1904)
  • Battle of Tashihchiao (1904)
  • Siege of Port Arthur (1904-1905)
  • Battle of Hsimucheng (1904)
  • Battle of the Yellow Sea (1904)
  • Battle off Ulsan (1904)
  • Battle of Korsakov (1904)
  • Battle of Nanshan (1904)
  • Battle of Shantung (1904)
  • Battle of Dairen (1904)
  • Battle of Liaoyang (1904)
  • Battle of Shaho (1904)
  • Battle of Sandepu (1905)
  • Battle of Tsushima (1905)
  • Battle of Mukden (1905)

Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 (1907)

  • Namdaemun Battle (1907)

Taisho Period

World War I (1914–1918)

  • Siege of Tsingtao (1914)
  • Allied occupation of German New Guinea (1914)
  • Japanese occupation of German colonial possessions (1914)

Siberian Intervention (1918–1922)

Occupation of Constantinople (1918–1923)

Korean independence movement

  • Battle of Samdunja
  • Battle of Fengwudong (Battle of Bong-o-dong)
  • Hunchun incident
  • Battle of Qingshanli (Battle of Cheongsanri)
  • Free City Incident
  • Battle of Pochonbo (1937)

Invasion of Manchuria (1931)

Showa Period

Second Sino-Japanese War (1931–1945)

  • 1931 — Mukden Incident
  • 1931–32 — Japanese invasion of Manchuria
  • 1931 — Jiangqiao Campaign
  • 1931 — Battle for Nenjiang Bridge
  • 1931–1942 — Pacification of Manchukuo
  • 1931–1932 — Jinzhou Operation
  • 1932 — Battle of Harbin
  • 1932 — First Battle of Shanghai
  • 1932 — Attack on Pingdingshan
  • 1932 — Attack on Fushun
  • 1933 — Battle of the Great Wall
  • 1933 — Battle of Rehe
  • 1933–1936 — Southern Mongolian campaign (1933–36)
  • 1936 — Suiyuan Campaign
  • 1937 — Battle of Pochonbo
  • 1937 — Lugou Bridge Incident
  • 1937 — Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
  • 1937–1945 — Aerial engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War
  • 1937 — Operation Chahar
  • 1937 — Second Battle of Shanghai
  • 1937 — Peiking–Suiyuan Railway Operation
  • 1937 — Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
  • 1937 — Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
  • 1937 — Battle of Taiyuan
  • 1937 — Battle of Pingxingguan
  • 1937 — Battle of Sihang Warehouse
  • 1937 — Battle of Xinkou
  • 1937 — Battle of Nanking
  • 1938 — Battle of Taierzhuang
  • 1938 — Battle of Xuzhou
  • 1938 — Battle of Northern and Eastern Henan
  • 1938 — Battle of Lanfeng
  • 1938 — Amoy Operation
  • 1938 — Taihoku Air Strike
  • 1938 — Bombing of Chongqing
  • 1938 — Battle of Wuhan
  • 1938 — Battle of Xinfeng
  • 1938 — Battle of Wanjialing
  • 1938 — Canton Operation
  • 1939 — Hainan Island Operation
  • 1939 — Battle of Nanchang
  • 1939 — Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
  • 1939 — Swatow Operation
  • 1939 — First Battle of Changsha
  • 1939–1940 — Battle of South Guangxi
  • 1939–1940 — Battle of Kunlun Pass
  • 1940 — Battle of West Suiyuan
  • 1940 — Battle of Wuyuan
  • 1940 — Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
  • 1940 — Hundred Regiments Offensive
  • 1940 — Central Hubei Operation
  • 1941 — New Fourth Army incident
  • 1941 — Western Hubei Operation
  • 1941 — Battle of South Henan
  • 1941 — Battle of Shanggao
  • 1941 — Battle of South Shanxi
  • 1941 — Second Battle of Changsha
  • 1941 — December 1941 Chinese Nationalist guerrilla warfare
  • 1941 — Battle of Hong Kong
  • 1941 — Bombing of Singapore
  • 1941–1942 — Third Battle of Changsha
  • 1942–1945 — South-East Asian theatre of World War II
  • 1942 — 1942 Bombing of Vietnam
  • 1942 — Malayan campaign
  • 1942 — Battle of Singapore
  • 1942 — Battle of Sarimbun Beach
  • 1942 — Battle of Kranji
  • 1942 — Battle of Bukit Timah
  • 1942–1945 — Burma campaign (1942–1945)
  • 1942 — Japanese invasion of Burma
  • 1942 — Battle of the Yunnan–Burma Road
  • 1942 — Battle of Tachiao
  • 1942 — Battle of Oktwin
  • 1942 — Battle of Toungoo
  • 1942 — Battle of Yenangyaung
  • 1942 — Combined Japanese-Thai invasion of the Shan States
  • 1942 — Thai invasion of the Kayah State
  • 1942 — Burma campaign (1942–1943)
  • 1942 — Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
  • 1942 — Battle of the Dwarf Mountain
  • 1943 — Operation North of the Yangtze
  • 1943 — Battle of Guangzhouwan
  • 1943 — Battle of West Hubei
  • 1943 — Weinan Campaign
  • 1943 — Linnan Campaign
  • 1943–1945 — Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan
  • 1943 — Battle of Changde
  • 1943 — 1943 Bombing of Vietnam
  • 1943 — 1943 Bombing of Taiwan
  • 1944–1945 — Bombing of South-East Asia (1944–1945)
  • 1944 — Burma campaign (1944)
  • 1944 — Operation Ichi-Go
  • 1944 — Battle of Central Henan
  • 1944 — Siege of Myitkyina
  • 1944 — Fourth Battle of Changsha
  • 1944 — Battle of Mogaung
  • 1944 — Battle of Mount Song
  • 1944 — Battle of Hengyang
  • 1944 — Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou
  • 1944–1945 — Burma campaign (1944–1945)
  • 1945 — Battle of West Henan–North Hubei
  • 1945 — Battle of West Hunan
  • 1945 — 1945 Guangxi campaign

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts (1932-1939)

  • Battle of Khalkhyn Temple (1935)
  • Tauran Incident (1936)
  • Kanchazu Island incident (1936)
  • Battle of Lake Khasan (1938)
  • Battles of Khalkhin Gol (1939)

Invasion of French Indochina (1940)

  • 1940 Cochinchina uprising (1940)

World War II

1941

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Japanese invasion of The Philippines
  • Japanese invasion of Thailand
  • Battle of Malaya
  • Battle of Hong Kong
  • Battle of Guam
  • Battle of Wake Island
  • Battle of Singapore
  • Battle of Borneo
  • Battle of Kampar

1942

  • Battle of Bataan
  • Battle of Manado
  • Battle of Tarakan
  • Battle of Balikpapan
  • Battle of Ambon
  • Marshalls-Gilberts raids
  • Battle of Makassar Strait
  • Invasion of Sumatra
  • Battle of Palembang
  • Battle of Badung Strait
  • Battle of Timor
  • Battle of the Java Sea
  • Battle of the Coral Sea
  • Battle of Corregidor
  • Battle of Midway
  • Battle of the Eastern Solomons
  • Battle of Savo Island
  • Battle of Milne Bay
  • Battle of Tassafaronga
  • Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
  • Battle of Guadalcanal (7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943)

1943

  • Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March)
  • Battle of the Komandorski Islands (27 March)
  • Battle of Bairoko (20 July)
  • Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (1–2 November)
  • Battle of Tarawa (20 November – 23 November)

1944

  • Battle of Imphal (March – July)
  • Battle of the Philippine Sea (19–20 June)
  • Battle of Saipan (15 June – 9 July)
  • Battle of Guam (21 July — 10 August)
  • Battle of Peleliu (September – November)
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October)
  • Battle of Leyte (17 October – 31 December)

1945

  • Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March)
  • Battle of Okinawa (April – June)
  • Operation Ten-Go (April)
  • Soviet–Japanese War
  • Soviet invasion of Manchuria (9 August – 2 September)
  • Seishin Operation
  • Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
  • Invasion of the Kuril Islands

Heisei Period

  • Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001)

See also

  • Military history of Japan
  • Battles of the Imperial Japanese Navy