On Wednesday , December 23 , 1964 , Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 arrived at Arriving San Francisco International Airport from Japan .

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict Violence fought Hostile_encounter primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7 , 1937 , to September 2 , 1945 .

China fought Hostile_encounter Japan with aid from the Soviet Union and the United States .

The Chinese were defeated Conquering and Japan created Creating a new puppet state , Manchukuo ; many historians cite Adducing 1931 as the beginning Process_start of the war .

From 1931 to 1937 , China and Japan continued to skirmish in small , localized engagements , so-called `` incidents '' .

By 1939 , after Chinese victories in Changsha and Guangxi , and with Japan 's lines of communications stretched Expansion deep into the Chinese interior , the war reached Achieve a stalemate .

While Japan ruled Control the large cities , they lacked sufficient manpower to control Control China 's vast countryside .

On December 7 , 1941 , the Japanese attacked Attack Pearl Harbor , and the following day the United States declared Expressing_publicly war on Japan .

In 1944 Japan launched the invasion Attack , Operation Ichi-Go , that conquered Conquering Henan and Changsha .

Despite continuing to occupy part of China 's territory , Japan eventually surrendered Surrendering on September 2 , 1945 , to Allied forces following the atomic bombings Attack of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion Attack of Japanese-held Manchuria .

The is an annual marathon road race Competition for women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held Hold on the 4th or 5th Sunday of January in the city of Osaka , Japan , and hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations , Kansai Telecasting Corporation , the Sankei Shimbun , Sankei Sports , Radio Osaka and Osaka City .

The is an annual marathon road race Competition for women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held Hold on the 4th or 5th Sunday of January in the city of Osaka , Japan , and hosted by Japan Association of Athletics Federations , Kansai Telecasting Corporation , the Sankei Shimbun , Sankei Sports , Radio Osaka and Osaka City .

The 2013 Tokyo Marathon ( ) was the seventh edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo , Japan and was held Hold on Sunday , 24 February .

Its dramatic last stand , sometimes called `` Wilson 's Last Stand '' , achieved Achieve a prominent place in the British public imagination and , subsequently , in Rhodesian history , similarly to events such as the Battle of The Little Bighorn in the United States , the Battle of Shiroyama in Japan , the Battle of the Alamo in Texas , and the Greeks ' last stand at Thermopylae .

The 1587 siege of Kagoshima took place Process_start during Japan 's Sengoku period , and was the last stand of the Shimazu family against the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi .

The typhoon first affected Influence southern Japan , bringing Bringing rainfall to the outer Miyako Islands .

The was a hostage crisis Catastrophe and police siege Besieging in a mountain lodge near Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture , Japan that lasted from February 19 to February 28 , 1972 .

The police rescue Rescuing operation on the final day of the standoff was the first marathon live television broadcast Expressing_publicly in Japan , lasting 10 hours and 40 minutes .

The incident Catastrophe contributed Causation to a decline Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in popularity of leftist movements in Japan .

WOW debuted Process_start on January 18 as part of AXS 's Friday Night Fights schedule that also includes New Japan Pro Wrestling and AXS TV Fights .

Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic Japan Airlines passenger flight from Tokyo 's Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport , Japan .

Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic Japan Airlines passenger flight from Tokyo 's Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport , Japan .

Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic Japan Airlines passenger flight from Tokyo 's Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport , Japan .

In April 1988 , the group played Competition four dates in Japan .

The marathon is marketed Commerce_sell to an international audience , previous races Competition attracting Influence participants from Germany , England , Japan and Israel .

The tournament Competition was inspired Influence by New Japan Pro Wrestling 's `` International Wrestling Gran Prix '' tournament Competition in the 1980s .

With the onset of the war , the islands that flanked Attack Japan 's South Seas possessions became Becoming of vital concern to Japanese Imperial General Headquarters , and in particular to the Imperial Navy , which was tasked Request with protecting Defending Japan 's outlying Pacific territories .

With the onset of the war , the islands that flanked Attack Japan 's South Seas possessions became Becoming of vital concern to Japanese Imperial General Headquarters , and in particular to the Imperial Navy , which was tasked Request with protecting Defending Japan 's outlying Pacific territories .

In March 1985 the tour Traveling went to Motion Australia , Japan and Europe .

The campaign was part of the Allied Japan campaign intended to provide staging areas for an invasion Attack of Japan as well as supporting Supporting aerial bombardment and a naval blockade of the Japanese mainland .

The campaign was part of the Allied Japan campaign intended to provide staging areas for an invasion Attack of Japan as well as supporting Supporting aerial bombardment and a naval blockade of the Japanese mainland .

Typhoon Maria was a minimal typhoon Catastrophe which brushed Motion the southeastern coast of Japan during early August 2006 .

The storm Catastrophe gradually weakened Cause_change_of_strength as it began Process_start to recurve Self_motion , causing Causation it to parallel Self_motion the southeastern coast of Japan .

Maria had only minor effects Influence in Japan , mainly heavy rains which were estimated Statement to have peaked over 400 mm ( 15.7 in ) on the Izu Peninsula .

Typhoon Etau , known Know in the Philippines as Typhoon Kabayan , produced Creating near-record winds and rainfall in Japan in August 2003 .

Near where Etau first struck Attack Japan , Muroto reported Reporting a peak wind gust of 166 km/h ( 103 mph ) , at the time the third strongest on record there .

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began Process_start on 18 September 1931 , when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Attack Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident .

Japan 's ongoing industrialization and militarization ensured Preventing_or_letting their growing Expansion dependence on oil and metal imports from the US .

The US sanctions which prevented Preventing_or_letting trade with the United States ( which had occupied Control the Philippines around the same time ) resulted in Causation Japan furthering their expansion in the territory of China and Southeast Asia .

Japan participated Participation in an international ski jumping competition Competition for the first time , also becoming Becoming the first Asian country to do so .

The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , Japan , was the 12th Olympic Championship .

South Korea won their first Olympic baseball medal , beating Competition Japan in the bronze medal match Competition 3–1 .

A new floorball world record Recording was set Action on March 26 , 2009 , when Japan defeated Conquering India , 59:0 .

First held in 1931 , it is the third longest-running road running competition Competition in Asia after the Hakone Ekiden and Chugoku Yamaguchi Ekiden in Japan .

Japan won their fourth title with a final victory over North Korea on penalties .