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The Imperial Japanese invaded and occupied provinces of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945. The war began with the  Marco Polo/Lugou Bridge Incident on the 7th of July, 1937. Following the incident, the Japanese invaded and occupied Beijing, Shanghai and the Chinese capital of Nanking, resulting in the horrendous Rape of Nanking. The Sino-Soviet Treaty of 1937 provided Chinese armies with materials, allowing them to counterattack the Japanese. In 1939, Chinese troops successfully retaliated against the invasions of Changsha and Guangxi, leading the war into a stalemate. The Japanese also failed to overthrow the defensive Chinese communist forces in Shaanxi. However, the Japanese ultimately succeeded in occupying Nanking after the year-long Battle of South Guangxi. From November 1939, Chinese nationalist and communist troops began retaliating against the Japanese in the countryside and central China. The United States started reinforcing China in a series of boycotts and sanctions against Japan, with American mercenaries directly supporting China. After the United States declared war on Japan, the aid flow to China increased, with the Lead-Lease act directing 1.6-1.8 million USD to China. In 1944, Japan launched Operation Ichi-Go, which ultimately failed to gain control over Henan and Changsha. In 1945, China launched large counteroffensives in South China, retaking West Hunan and Guangxi. Japan formally surrendered on the 2nd of September 1945 and returned all territories to China.

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The Imperial Japanese invaded and occupied the Solomon Islands from the beginning of 1942 to 1943, with some islands gaining independence in 1945. In August 1942, US forces attacked the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, causing the withdrawal of Japanese troops in Guadalcanal Island in February 1943.

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The Imperial Japanese invaded and occupied British-ruled Burma (formal name Myanmar) from January 1942 to 1945, where Allied troops, led by Britain's Indian Army, regained control. At first, the Burmese population hoped to support the Japanese expelling the British for Myanmar to become independent. However, when the Japanese began their invasion, many Burmese began to believe that Japan had no intention of granting Myanmar independence.

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Japanese Occupation of British Malaya (Part of present day Malaysia)

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Japanese Occupation of British Malaya (Part of present day Malaysia)

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The Imperial Japanese invaded British Malaya on the 8th of December 1941 and occupied Malaya after the Allied surrender in Singapore on the 16th of December. The Japanese occupied Malaya until Japan surrendered at the end of the war.

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The Imperial Japanese began invading the Commonwealth Philippines on the 8th of December 1941, 10 hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, until Japan surrendered at the end of the war.

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The Imperial Japanese invaded Hong Kong on the 8th of December, 1941 and gained control following the Battle of Hong Kong, where the Hong Kong government surrendered after 18 days of fighting on the 25th of December. This Christmas was coined "Black Christmas". The Imperial Japanese occupied Hong Kong for three years and eight months until Japan surrendered at the end of the war. The Japanese regarded Hong Kong as a supply and repair depot in East Asia and only constructed the runway of Kai Tak airport alongside a few facilities along the port. Hong Kong's dockyards and shipping potential were not used as only the Japanese Army occupied Hong Kong, not the Japanese Navy.

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The Imperial Japanese took control of Wake Island mere hours after the Pearl Harbour bombing in the Battle of Wake Island, lasting from December 8th 1941 to December 23rd, 1941. The United States constructed military bases on Wake Island in January 1941, motivating the Imperial Japanese to bomb them in an attempt to curb US forces in the Pacific. The Japanese occupied Wake Island until two days after Japan's surrender.

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In December 1941, the Japanese invaded and occupied the island of Guam until US forces liberated Guam in the Battle of Guam from the 21st of July to the 10th of August 1944.

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Japanese Occupation of the Territory of Papua and German New Guinea (Present Papua New Guinea)

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Japanese Occupation of the Territory of Papua and German New Guinea (Present Papua New Guinea)

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The Japanese invaded and occupied the Territory of Papua and German New Guinea from January 1942 to August 1945.

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The Japanese occupied Singapore after the Battle of Singapore, involving the combined Australian, British, Indian and Malayan forces, from the 15th of February 1942 to the 12th of September 1945.

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Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies (Present Indonesia)

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Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies (Present Indonesia)

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The Japanese occupied the Dutch East Indies (present Indonesia) from March 1942 to the end of the war in September 1945.