<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: IPortugal neJapane zaqala ubuhlobo bazo okokuqala ngo-1543, lapho amaPutukezi eba abantu bokuqala baseYurophu ukufika eJapane ngokufika eziqhingini eziseningizimu. Babenomthelela omkhulu eJapane, ngisho nakulesi sikhathi sokuqala sokuxhumana okulinganiselwe, bethula izikhali zempi zaseJapane. I-American Perry Expedition ngo-185354 yaphela ngokuphelele ukuhlukaniswa kweJapane; lokhu kwafaka isandla ekuweni kwe-shogunate nokubuyiselwa kwamandla kumbusi ngesikhathi seMpi yaseBoshin ngo-1868. Ubuholi obusha besizwe besikhathi seMeiji esalandela baguqula izwe eliyisiqhingi elihlukanisiwe laba umbuso owawulandela eduze amamodeli aseNtshonalanga futhi waba namandla amakhulu. Yize intando yeningi yathuthuka futhi isiko lesimanjemanje laphumelela ngesikhathi seTaishō 191226, amabutho aseJapane anamandla ayenokuzimela okukhulu futhi abusa abaholi baseJapane abangama-1920 kanye nama-1930. Amabutho aseJapane ahlasela iManchuria ngo-1931, futhi kusukela ngo-1937 ingxabano yakhula yaba impi ende neChina. Ukuhlasela kweJapane iPearl Harbor ngo - 1941 kwaholela empini ne - United States nabangane bayo. Ngokushesha amabutho aseJapane aba maningi kakhulu, kodwa amabutho ahlala eqinile naphezu kokuhlasela kwamabutho ahlangene ngezindiza okwabangela umonakalo omkhulu ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi. UMbusi uHirohito wamemezela  <response>: Ukuzinikela kweJapane ngo-August 15, 1945, ngemva kokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-athomu eHiroshima naseNagasaki nokuhlasela kweSoviet iManchuria. 