KnowraJapanese colonial empireLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Japanese colonial empire, each with the reason it gives.All 11Broader topic 2Related 2Narrower topic 5Compared with 2First Sino-Japanese WarNarrower topic: The war’s cessions began Japan’s formal expansion into a colonial power.Treaty of ShimonosekiNarrower topic: Taiwan became the first major overseas colony in Japan’s expanding empire.Itō HirobumiNarrower topic: Itō’s Korean policies contributed to the imperial expansion later consolidated as a colonial empire.State ShintoRelated: Shrines and imperial rites were promoted in territories under Japanese rule.Meiji eraNarrower topic: Meiji-era expansion laid foundations for this empire.Japanese nationalismBroader topic: National claims of unity and power helped justify colonial rule across Asia.German colonial empireCompared with: Japan occupied German Pacific possessions during World War I and received some as mandates.Pan-AsianismBroader topic: Its expansion made the gap between Pan-Asian promises and imperial rule concrete.South Seas MandateRelated: Japan administered the mandate alongside its other imperial possessions.Italian EmpireCompared with: Japan’s imperial expansion provides an Asian comparison to Italy’s contemporary Fascist empire.Tomiichi MurayamaNarrower topic: Murayama explicitly addressed Japan’s colonial rule as well as its wartime aggression.