Empire of Japan

== English == === Proper noun === the Empire of Japan (historical) Japan from the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1890) until the enactment of the post-WWII Constitution of Japan (1947). Unofficially used for Japan from the end of the shogunate (1868) to the end of World War II (1945). Synonyms: Dai-Nippon, Empire of Greater Japan, Great Japanese Empire, Greater Japan, Greater Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, Japanese Empire ==== Related terms ==== State of Japan (from 1947) ==== Translations ====