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Japan [r]: East Asian country of about 3,000 islands; one of the world's largest economies; population about 125,000,000. ^[e]
China [r]: Large and populous nation, with a long tradition of scholarship ^[e]
- Manchuria [r]: A region in northeastern China, rich in natural resources, control of which was key to the Empire of Japan; when under Japanese control, it was run as a nominal country called Manchukuo ^[e]
First Sino-Japanese War [r]: Fought over control of Korea by Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Restoration Japan (1894-1895); Japan gained control of Korea ^[e]
Russo-Japanese War [r]: Fought between 1904 and 1905 between Russia and Japan increasing their influence in East Asia, the war resulted in a decisive victory for Japan; culturally significant as the first defeat of an European power by an Asian one; arguably a continuation of Japanese expansion in the First Sino-Japanese War ^[e]

Kwangtung Army [r]: Imperial Japanese Army formation that initially garrisoned the Kwangtung Leasehold, and, after Japan took control of Manchuria, was their major force there and fighting China; contained some of the most hard-line officers ^[e]
Manchurian Incident [r]: A fake attack on the South Manchurian Railway Company, staged by Kwangtung Army officers, in September 1931, which was the pretext for Japanese military action outside the Kwangtung Leasehold and throughout Manchuria ^[e]