List of Japanese battles

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

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)
 * North expedition of Abe no Hirafu (658–660) ja:阿倍比羅夫
 * Battle of Baekgang (663)
 * Jinshin War (672)

Nara Period

 * Hayato Rebellion (720–721)
 * Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion (740)
 * Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion (764)
 * Thirty-Eight Year War (774–811)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Battle of Onikiribe (1051)
 * Battle of Kinomi (1057)
 * Siege of Komatsu (1062)
 * Siege of Koromogawa (1062)
 * Siege of Kuriyagawa　(1062)
 * Enkyū Battle of Ezo (1070) ja:延久蝦夷合戦
 * Gosannen War (1083–1087)
 * Siege of Kanezawa (1087)
 * Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion (1107–1108) ja:源義親の乱
 * Hōgen Rebellion (1156)
 * Heiji Rebellion (1160)

Genpei War (1179–1185)

 * Battle of Ishibashiyama (1180)
 * Battle of Fujigawa (1180)
 * Battle of Sunomata-gawa (1181)
 * Battle of Kurikara (1183)
 * Siege of Hōjūjidono (1184)
 * Battle of Uji (1184)
 * Battle of Awazu (1184)
 * Battle of Ichi-no-Tani (1184)
 * Battle of Kojima (1184)
 * Battle of Yashima (1185)
 * Battle of Dan-no-ura (1185)

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)
 * Battle of Uji (1221)
 * February Incident(1272) ja:二月騒動

Mongol Invasions of Japan (1274 & 1281)

 * Battle of Bun'ei (1274)
 * Battle of Kōan (1281)

Genkō War (1331–1333)

 * Siege of Kasagi(1331)
 * Siege of Akasaka (1331)
 * Siege of Chihaya (1333)
 * Battle of Bubaigawara (1333)
 * Siege of Kamakura (1333)

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)
 * Battle of Minatogawa (1336)
 * Siege of Kanegasaki (1337)
 * Battle of Ishizu (1338) ja:石津の戦い
 * Battle of Shijō Nawate (1348)
 * 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
 * Siege of Yūki (1440) ja:結城合戦
 * Kakitsu Incident (1441) ja:嘉吉の乱
 * Koshamain's Revolt (1456–1457) ja:コシャマインの戦い

Kyōtoku Incident (1455–1482)

 * Battle of Bubaigawara (1455) ja:分倍河原の戦い(室町時代)
 * 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

Sengoku period

 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Siege of Yamashina Honganji (1532) ja:山科本願寺の戦い
 * Battle of Idano (1535)
 * Battle of Un no Kuchi (1536)
 * Battle of Sanbuichigahara (1536)
 * Hanakura Incident (1536) ja:花倉の乱
 * Battle of Sendanno (1536)
 * Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537)
 * Battle of Kōnodai (1538)
 * Battle of Ichirai (1539)
 * Siege of Koriyama (1540–1541)
 * 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)
 * Siege of Toda Castle (1542–1543)
 * Utsuro Rebellion (1542–1548) ja:天文の乱(洞の乱)
 * Siege of Tochio (1544)
 * Siege of Takatō (1545)
 * Battle of Kawagoe (1546)
 * Battle of Odaihara (1546)
 * Siege of Shika Castle (1546–1547)
 * Battle of Kanōguchi (1547)
 * Second Battle of Azukizaka (1548)
 * Battle of Uedahara (1548)
 * 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)

Edo period

 * Battle of Matsukawa (1601)
 * Rokugō Rebellion (1603)
 * 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)

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)

World War I (1914–1918)

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

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)

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 1942 1943 1944 1945
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)