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| 0562 | Kimmei |  |
| Buddhism is introduced into Japan |
| 1452 | Hosokawa, Katsumoto | |
| Appointed Shogunate Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1647 | Kumazawa, Banzan | |
| 6th Aug Berlin Appointed Chief Minister of Okayama |
| 1867 | Okuma | |
| Appointed Minister of Finance |
| 1867 | Tomomi, Iwakura | |
| Jan Appointed Vice President of the State Council, Japan's ruling body |
| 1868 | Mutsuhito | |
| Tokyo Moves the Japanes capital to Tokyo |
| 1870 | Okubo, Toshimichi | |
| Appointed Cabinet Officer |
| 1871 | Ito | |
| Goes on a diplomatic tour of Europe |
| Goes on a diplomatic tour of the USA |
| 1872 | Katsu, Awa | |
| June Appointed Minister of the Navy |
| 1873 | Katsu, Awa | |
| June Tokyo Appointed Member of the Privy Council |
| 1876 | Enomoto, Takeaki | |
| June Appointed Minister of the Navy |
| 1878 | Ito | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| 1882 | Enomoto, Takeaki | |
| June Appointed Minister to China |
| 1887 | Ito | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term |
| 1888 | Kuroda, Kiyotaka | |
| Appointed Prime Minister |
| 1889 | Ito | |
| Introduces the Meiji Constitution |
| 1890 | Ito | |
| Tokyo Establishes the National Diet |
| 1892 | Enomoto, Takeaki | |
| June Appointed Privy Councillor |
| 1892 | Ito | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term |
| 1896 | Hayashi | |
| Appointed Minister to China |
| 1897 | Hara, Kei | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Korea |
| 1898 | Hayashi | |
| Appointed Minister to Russia |
| 1898 | Inukai, Tsuyoshi | |
| Dec Appointed Minister of Education |
| 1898 | Ito | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 3rd term |
| 1898 | Okuma | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term |
| 1898 | Ozaki, Yukio | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| 1899 | Hayashi | |
| Appointed Minister to Britain |
| 1900 | Ito | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 4th term |
| 1900 | Kato, Takakira | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1901 | Katsura | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term |
| 1902 | Hayashi | |
| Tokyo Responsible for the Anglo-Japanese alliance |
| 1902 | Katsura | |
| Great Britain recognizes Japan's interests in Korea |
| Japan completes the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1st |
| 20th Jan Great Britain & Japan sign an alliance |
| 1902 | Terauchi, Matasake | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| 1904 | Ozaki, Yukio | |
| Tokyo Appointed Mayor of Tokyo |
| 1905 | Hayashi | |
| Tokyo Responsible for the Anglo-Japanese alliance |
| 1905 | Katsura | |
| Japan completes the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 2nd |
| 1906 | Kato, Hiroyuki | |
| Appointed Member of the Privy Council |
| 1906 | Kato, Takakira | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1906 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Mukden Appointed Consul-General to Mukden in Manchuria |
| 1908 | Enomoto, Takeaki | |
| June Death of Takeaki Enomoto |
| 1908 | Goto, Shimpei | |
| Appointed Minister of Communications |
| 1908 | Katsura | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term |
| 1909 | Ito | |
| 26th Oct Tokyo Assassinated by a Korean Nationalist |
| 1911 | Katsura | |
| Japan completes the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 3rd |
| 1912 | IshII | |
| Paris Appointed Ambassador to France |
| 1912 | Katsura | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 3rd term |
| 1912 | Taisho | |
| Appointed Head of State |
| Appoints an executive Prime Minister & a 10 man cabinet |
| 1913 | Kato, Takakira | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term |
| 1913 | Saito, Makoto | |
| Appointed Minister of the Navy |
| 1914 | Ishii, Kikujiro | |
| Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1914 | Kato, Takakira | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 4th term |
| 1914 | Okuma | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term |
| 1914 | Ozaki, Yukio | |
| Appointed Minister of Justice |
| 1915 | Okuma | |
| 18th Jan China is forced to accept Japan's 21 Demands |
| 18th Jan China must allow Japanaes "advisors" into every stratum of government activity |
| 18th Jan China must allow Japanese part ownership of its heavy industries |
| 18th Jan China must cease leasing coastal ports |
| 18th Jan China must grant Japanese control over Manchuria & Shantung |
| 18th Jan Japan issues the 21 Demands to China, grievances to be settled under threat of war |
| 1916 | Goto, Shimpei | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1916 | IshII | |
| Tokyo Created a Viscount |
| 1916 | Okuma | |
| China agrees to demands but Anglo-American objections lead to the government's fall |
| 1916 | Taisho | |
| Okuma's resignation brings in the expansionist General Masatake as Prime Minister |
| 1916 | Terauchi, Matasake | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1917 | IshII | |
| Tokyo Wins recognition by the us of Japanese interests in China |
| 1918 | Kei, Hara | |
| A 400% increase in wartime prices causes rural food riots |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1918 | Taisho | |
| Authorizes more than 10,000 arrests & some executions |
| April Suppresses civil disobedience & labour movements |
| 1918 | Terauchi, Matasake | |
| A 400% increase in wartime prices causes rural food riots |
| Sep Forced to resign after demonstrations in the provinces |
| 1919 | Hara, Kei | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, the 1st commoner to be appointed |
| 1919 | Saito, Makoto | |
| Appointed Governor General of Korea, 1st term |
| 1920 | Goto, Shimpei | |
| Appointed Home Minister |
| Tokyo Appointed Mayor of Tokyo |
| 1920 | IshII | |
| Paris Appointed Ambassador to France |
| 1921 | Hara, Kei | |
| 4th Nov The Prime Minister of Japan is assassinated by a Korean |
| 1923 | Inukai, Tsuyoshi | |
| Appointed Minister of Communication |
| 1924 | Kato, Takaakira | |
| Forms a coalition government |
| 1924 | Osachi, Hamaguchi | |
| July Appointed Minister of Finance |
| 1924 | Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term |
| 1925 | Hirohito | |
| 20th Jan Sakhalin Diplomatic relationa are restored with Russia as Japan withdraws from nth Sakhalin |
| 1927 | Giichi, Tanaka | |
| Shantung Tanaka sends in troops to occupy strategic parts of Shantung |
| April Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| 20th June A Naval Disarmament Conference opens between the UK, USA & Japan |
| 1927 | Osachi, Hamaguchi | |
| July Appointed Home Secretary |
| 1928 | Giichi, Tanaka | |
| Shantung Tanaka sends in troops to occupy strategic parts of Shantung |
| Mar The government begins the process of crushing Japan's Communist Party |
| 27th Aug Paris Japan signs the Kellog-Briand Pact renouncing war |
| 1928 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Copenhagen Appointed Ambassador to Denmark |
| Appointed Ambassador to Norway |
| Tokyo Appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| June Appointed Ambassador to Sweden, Norway & Denmark |
| 1929 | Hirohito | |
| The Navy appeals to the Emperor but the treaty is ratified in the Diet |
| 1929 | Osachi, Hamaguchi | |
| London Japan accepts equal submarines with the US |
| London Japan accepts limits of 10:10:6 cruisers & 10:10:7 destroyers |
| Returns Japan to the gold standard to combat inflation |
| London The 4 powers meet in London & extend the original 4 Power Navy Treaty |
| London The Navy is unhappy & appeals to the Emperor but the treaty is ratified in the Diet |
| July Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| July The USAstock market crash is followed by a depression |
| 22nd July Tokyo Japan severs relations with China |
| 1929 | Saito, Makoto | |
| Appointed Governor General of Korea, 2nd term |
| 1929 | Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1930 | Hoover, Herbert Clerk |  |
| Jan London Under the treaty of London the tonnage ratio for US, British & Japanese cruiser fleets will be 10:10:7 |
| 1930 | Osachi, Hamaguchi | |
| The "Cherry Blossom Society" is formed by military officers to establish a regime |
| Jan London Creates a militaty reaction against liberal policies & ambition to master the Pacific |
| Jan London The tonnage ratio for US, British & Japanese cruiser fleets will be 10:10:7 |
| Oct Tokyo Followed by the assassination of Osachi |
| Oct Tokyo The London Naval treaty is ratified by Japan |
| 14th Nov Death of Hamaguchi Osachi, assassinated |
| 14th Nov Osachi is shot & injured because of the ratification of the 4 Power Navy treaty |
| 1930 | Shidehara, Kijuro | |
| 14th Nov Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, acts for Osachi |
| 1930 | Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Rome |
| 1931 | Hatoyama, Ichiro | |
| Appointed Minister of Education |
| 1931 | Inukai, Tsuyoshi | |
| Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| 1931 | Osachi, Hamaguchi | |
| Aug Death of Hamaguchi Osachi, assassinated |
| 1931 | Reijiro, Wakatsuki | |
| April Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| 18th Sep Mukden Japan invades Mukden |
| 19th Sep Changchun The Japanese Kwantung army captures Changchun, prelude to capturing Manchuria |
| 19th Sep Mukden The Japanese Kwantung army captures Mukden, prelude to capturing Manchuria |
| Oct Manchuria The League calls for Japan to withdraw from Mukden & Manchuria, ignored |
| 1932 | Araki, Sadao | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| 1932 | Hirohito | |
| Japan defeats China at the 1st battle of Shanghai & China ends its boycott |
| 1932 | Inukai, Tsuyoshi | |
| 7th Feb Tokyo A failed plot to return Japan to an agrarian society led by the Emperor |
| 7th Feb Tokyo The Finance Minister is assassinated by the "Blood Brotherhood League" |
| 15th May Death of Tsuyoshi Inukai, assassinated for trying to restrain the army in Manchuria |
| 1932 | Saito, Makoto | |
| 15th May Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| 15th May Party government is effectively brought to an end as the military takes over |
| 15th Sep Manchukuo Japan recognizes Manchukuo, followed only by Italy & Germany |
| 1932 | Takuma, Dan | |
| 5th Mar Assassinated by the Ketsumeidan, "Blood Brotherhood League" |
| 5th Mar Death of Dan Takuma, assassinated |
| 1933 | Matsuoka, Yosuke | |
| 27th Mar Tokyo Fails to gain recognition of Japanese policy in Manchuria at the League of Nations |
| 1933 | Saito, Makoto | |
| Japan consolidates its rule by arresting & sentencing to death 22 communist leaders |
| Feb China signs a treaty recognizing Japan's control of Inner Mongolia |
| 27th Feb Japan announces withdrawal from the League of Nations |
| 25th Mar Japan leaves the League of Nation as a reaction on the Lytton Report |
| 25th Mar Japan leaves the League of Nations after it calls for withdrawal from Manchukuo |
| 25th Mar Leads the Japanese delegation out of the League of Nations |
| July The police discover & stop another military coup |
| Nov The USSR is recognized by the USA, to counteract Japan's rise in the Far East |
| 1934 | Hayashi, Senjuro | |
| Appointed Minister of War |
| 1934 | Keisuke, Okada | |
| Inner Mongolia comes under Japanese rule |
| 24th May Japan declares the Washington & London Naval Treaties as "obsolete" |
| 24th May Japan declares the Washington & London Naval treaties "obsolete" |
| July Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Sep Inner Mongolia is added to the empire of Manchukuo |
| Sep Jehol Jehol is added to the empire of Manchukuo |
| Sep Manchukuo Manchukuo is placed under the supervision of the Japanese military police |
| Sep Manchukuo The League of Nations refuses to recognize Japan's new "empire" in Manchukuo |
| 23rd Oct London Negotiations begin to change the Washington & London naval treaties |
| 1934 | Saito, Makoto | |
| Assassinated during a mutiny |
| Death of Makoto Saito, assassinated during a mutiny |
| Feb Japan proclaims a protectorate over China, an "Asiatic Monroe Doctrine" |
| April Japan issues the "Amu-Settlement", a "hands off" China warning to the USA & Britain |
| 1934 | Yamamoto, Isoruku | |
| 23rd Oct London Negotiations begin to change the |
