Collection of facts about the Empire of Japan

This post is a collection of facts about the Empire of Japan (1868-1947). There are 20 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Formed during the Meiji Restoration in 1868
• Meiji ruled as emperor 1868-1912
• Boshin War (1868-1869)
• First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
• Invaded Taiwan in 1895
• Itō Hirobumi served as first prime minister in 1885
• Joined international coalition during the Boxer Rebellion (1900)
• Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
• Occupied Korea 1910-1945
• Taishō ruled as emperor 1912-1926
• Invaded Siberia 1918-1922
• Hirohito ruled as emperor 1926-1947
• Invaded Manchuria in 1931
• Second Sino-Japanese War began in 1937
• Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy (1940)
• Fought in World War II (1941-1945)
• Attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941
• Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945)
• Surrendered on September 2nd, 1945
• Ended with the Constitution of Japan in 1947