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Imperial Japan
![Japan’s New Imperial Era Is Announced: ‘Hesei’ Ends, ‘Reiwa’ Begins Japan’s New Imperial Era Is Announced: ‘Hesei’ Ends, ‘Reiwa’ Begins](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19091106719503.jpg)
Japan’s New Imperial Era Is Announced: ‘Hesei’ Ends, ‘Reiwa’ Begins
By Ankit Panda
As an imperial transition nears, Japan announces the name of its new era.
![Imperial Japan's Naval Contributions to the First World War Imperial Japan's Naval Contributions to the First World War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-photoww1-01bbjapisemq.jpg)
Imperial Japan's Naval Contributions to the First World War
By Robert Farley
What drove the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I?
![Remembering USS Lexington's Story in the Pacific War Remembering USS Lexington's Story in the Pacific War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-800px-uss_lexington_cv-2_at_anchor_1938.jpg)
Remembering USS Lexington's Story in the Pacific War
By Robert Farley
USS Lexington has been found.
![Lessons From How Western Intelligence Tracked Imperial Japan's Aviation Technology Lessons From How Western Intelligence Tracked Imperial Japan's Aviation Technology](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-chiran_high_school_girls_wave_kamikaze_pilot.jpg)
Lessons From How Western Intelligence Tracked Imperial Japan's Aviation Technology
By Robert Farley
What can the United States learn from its underestimation of Japanese capabilities during the first half of the 20th century?
![Imperial Japan's Southeast Asia Offensive in Retrospective Imperial Japan's Southeast Asia Offensive in Retrospective](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-13_00-39-04.jpg)
Imperial Japan's Southeast Asia Offensive in Retrospective
By Robert Farley
Imperial Japan's Southeast Asia campaign is among the most successful series of military operations ever conducted.
![The Most Dangerous Problem in Asia: China-Japan Relations The Most Dangerous Problem in Asia: China-Japan Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-31_13-43-22.jpg)
The Most Dangerous Problem in Asia: China-Japan Relations
By Kerry Brown
China and Japan have a thousand year history of fighting each other. What if that pattern repeats itself?
![Japan’s Emperor Hints at Abdication in Televised Address Japan’s Emperor Hints at Abdication in Televised Address](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-08_09-49-29.jpg)
Japan’s Emperor Hints at Abdication in Televised Address
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The ten-minute pre-recorded message was the second-ever televised address of the Emperor to the public.
![International Law Won't Stop China in the South China Sea International Law Won't Stop China in the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-21_20-57-35.jpg)
International Law Won't Stop China in the South China Sea
By Aurelia George Mulgan
Countering power with rules is doomed to fail in the South China Sea.
![Japan's Emperor Wants to Abdicate, But That May Require Legal Reforms Japan's Emperor Wants to Abdicate, But That May Require Legal Reforms](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-14_15-41-11.jpg)
Japan's Emperor Wants to Abdicate, But That May Require Legal Reforms
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Emperor Akihito might want to abdicate, but other factors might prevent his wishes from coming to fruition.
![It's Time for an American Film Depicting the Chinese Theater of World War II It's Time for an American Film Depicting the Chinese Theater of World War II](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-14_20-51-45.jpg)
It's Time for an American Film Depicting the Chinese Theater of World War II
By Robert Farley
Why has Hollywood shied away from films about Sino-U.S. cooperation during the Second World War?
![What If Japan Had Won The Battle of Midway? What If Japan Had Won The Battle of Midway?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-07_21-01-51.jpg)
What If Japan Had Won The Battle of Midway?
By Benjamin David Baker
One of the most decisive battles of the Second World War could have ended up very differently. Be glad it didn’t though.
![Why Did Imperial Japan Surrender on the USS Missouri? Why Did Imperial Japan Surrender on the USS Missouri?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-03_15-04-11.jpg)
Why Did Imperial Japan Surrender on the USS Missouri?
By Robert Farley
The choice of the USS Missouri was no accident.