The Japanese Empire

  The Japanese empire is quite notorious during World War II, and was put down by the Allies and the United States. The Japanese empire bombed the territory of Hawaii, in a area called Pear Harbor and this woke up the "Sleeping Giant" and by September 2, 1945, thus ending the Japanese Empire.
  The Japanese Empire was the first modern Asian nation and it used that advantage to grow its empire. During this time Japan only controlled the lands it controls today. Japan wanted to gain Korea from the Qing Dynasty and at this point it was beginning to crumble, so Japan wanted to capitalize off of that weakness. So the countries fought each other and the Japanese had guns and the Qing Dynasty had some, but not enough so they were vastly outnumbered in the new technological weaponry. Japan won the war against the Qing Dynasty and gained all of Korea and Taiwan in the process. Japan was now a great power in the world, but in Asia alone was the only superpower (Not including Russia as an Asian nation). In 1905 hostilities began to ensue between the Russian Empire and Japan. Japan declared war on Russia, many thought that the Russians would win, but surprisingly the Japanese fought them back. Russia surrendered soon after, Russia lost a part of the Island of Sakhalin and in the process lost legitimacy among the people. The year is 1914 and World War I has broke out and chaos was ensuing in Europe, before 1905 Japan and the British Empire had signed for an alliance, due to the alliance system, Japan asked Great Britain if they wanted help could they join, the British agreed and the Japanese got prepared for war and helped the British on numerous occasions, especially in the Arabian Sea and near Indonesia. WW1 ended and Japan gained small islands that further extended its lands, dozens of small islands were handed to the Japanese, but this would prove dangerous for the United States during World War II. In 1933 the Second Sino-Japanese War had begun and this time Japan moved deeper into China, making puppets out of Manchuko and Mengkukuo, as during this time China had broken apart and there was doubt about the future of China as a country. Japan moved in, to signify its role in the world but this time, China had the same technology. Japan stilled moved deeper and deeper into China and was gaining a surplus amount of land. The U.S stopped trading with Japan and Japan needed America for it's oil, America also froze all Japanese assets, which what's interesting to me is that doing that action is considered breaking an international law. Japan's army halted, still pushing but not at a rate they used to. The year is 1941 and Europe is in flames because of World War II and Japan committed an act "that would live in infamy". This action would cause the end of the Japanese empire and is the largest Maritime Asian Empire in history, but in the present day it pushes for peace above all.