So did the size of Japan’s military: During the six years between the invasion of Manchuria and the beginning of Sino-Japanese total war in 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army was increased from ...

FOUR recent deliberate moves by Japan have aroused suspicion and resentment in many parts of the world. By invading Manchuria and establishing the state of Manchukuo, Japan in 1931 issued a challenge ...

"Manchuria, comprising the Three Eastern Provinces of China with an area of 363,700 square miles and a population of nearly 30,000,000, has been the paramount object of Japanese expansion for ...

ABOARD SPECIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sept. 20, 1931 (UP) ... The Manchurian troops had been ordered by Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang not to resist the Japanese invasion.

The incident occurred around the anniversary of Japan's 1931 invasion of Manchuria, now northeast China. A 10-year-old Japanese student who was stabbed near his school in southern China has died, ...

Three weeks ago U. S. Secretary of State Stimson addressed the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, referring to his efforts in January 1932 to stop the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

For decades, survivors of a sacrifice made to protect their community from invading soldiers have been shamed into silence – until now.

The 1931 Mukden Incident, also known as “918”, was the beginning of the invasion of Manchuria which ignited the long-standing conflict between the two countries.

Bandits, Japanese invaders, and Communists all threatened her life. Her dedication never wavered. In 1923, 26-year-old Mamie Johnston (韩悦恩, Han Yue-en) was sent by the Presbyterian Church in ...