List of Japanese battles
The following is a list of Japanese battles, organised by date.
Ancient/Classical Japan
Jōmon Period
- East Expedition of Emperor Jinmu :ja:神武東征
Yayoi Period
- Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion :ja:武埴安彦命
- Expedition of Yamato Takeru :ja:ヤマトタケル
- Civil war of Wa
Asuka period
- Expedition of Empress Jingū :ja:三韓征伐
- Goguryeo–Yamato War
- Kibi Clan Rebellion
- * Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion
- Iwai Rebellion
- Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion :ja:武蔵国造の乱
- Battle of Shigisan
- Isshi Incident
- North expedition of Abe no Hirafu :ja:阿倍比羅夫
- Battle of Baekgang
- Jinshin War
Nara Period
- Hayato Rebellion
- Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion
- Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion
- Thirty-Eight Year War
- * Hōki Rebellion :ja:宝亀の乱
- * Battle of Subuse :ja:巣伏の戦い
Heian Period
- Thirty-Eight Year War
- * Conquest by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
- * Last Conquest by Funya no Watamaro
- Gangyō Rebellion :ja:元慶の乱
- Kanbyō Silla pirate invasion :ja:新羅の入寇
- Jōhei-Tengyō Rebellion :ja:承平天慶の乱
- Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion :ja:藤原是助の乱
- Toi invasion
- Taira no Tadatsune Rebellion :ja:平忠常の乱
- Zenkunen War
- * Battle of Onikiribe
- * Battle of Kinomi
- * Siege of Komatsu
- * Siege of Koromogawa
- * Siege of Kuriyagawa
- Enkyū Battle of Ezo :ja:延久蝦夷合戦
- Gosannen War
- * Siege of Kanezawa
- Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion :ja:源義親の乱
- Hōgen Rebellion
- Heiji Rebellion
[Genpei War] (1180-1185)
- Battle of Ishibashiyama
- Battle of Fujigawa
- Battle of Sunomata-gawa
- Battle of Kurikara
- Siege of Hōjūjidono
- Battle of Uji
- Battle of Awazu
- Battle of Ichi-no-Tani
- Battle of Kojima
- Battle of Yashima
- Battle of Dan-no-ura
Feudal Japan
[Kamakura period]
- Ōshū War :ja:奥州合戦
- Wada Rebellion :ja:和田合戦
- Miura Rebellion :ja:宝治合戦
- Jōkyū War
- * Battle of Uji
[Mongol Invasions of Japan] (1274 & 1281)
- Battle of Bun'ei
- Battle of Kōan
[Genkō War] (1331-1333)
- Siege of Kasagi
- Siege of Akasaka
- Siege of Chihaya
- Battle of Bubaigawara
- Siege of Kamakura
[Muromachi period]
- Nakasendai Rebellion :ja:中先代の乱
[Nanboku-chō period] (1336-1392)
- Battle of Tatarahama
- Battle of Minatogawa
- Siege of Kanegasaki
- Battle of Ishizu :ja:石津の戦い
- Battle of Shijō Nawate
- Kannō Incident :ja:観応の擾乱
- * Battle of Uchidehama :ja:打出浜の戦い
- Battle of Chikugogawa :ja:筑後川の戦い
- Ōei Rebellion :ja:応永の乱
- Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū :ja:上杉禅秀の乱
- Eikyō Rebellion :ja:永享の乱
- Siege of Yūki :ja:結城合戦
- Kakitsu Incident :ja:嘉吉の乱
- Koshamain's Revolt :ja:コシャマインの戦い
[Kyōtoku Incident] (1455-1482)
- Battle of Bubaigawara :ja:分倍河原の戦い
- Battle of Irako :ja:五十子の戦い
- Nagao Kageharu Rebellion :ja:長尾景春の乱
- * Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara :ja:江古田・沼袋原の戦い
[Ōnin War] (1467-1477)
[Sengoku period]
- Chōkyō Incident :ja:長享の乱
- * Battle of Tachigawara :ja:立河原の戦い
- Battle of Kuzuryūgawa
- Battle of Nyoigatake :ja:如意ケ嶽の戦い
- Battle of Nagamorihara :ja:長森原の戦い
- Siege of Gongenyama
- Siege of Arai
- Battle of Arita-Nakaide :ja:有田中井手の戦い
- Battle of Iidagawara
- Ningbo Turmoil :ja:寧波の乱
- Siege of Edo
- Siege of Kamakura
- Battle of Nashinokidaira
- Battle of Katsuragawa :ja:桂川原の戦い
- Battle of Ozawahara
- Battle of Tatenawate :ja:田手畷の戦い
- Battle of Shiokawa no gawara
- Kyoroku War :ja:享禄の錯乱
- Battle of Daimotsu :ja:大物崩れ
- Tenbun War :ja:天文の錯乱
- * Siege of Iimoriyama :ja:飯盛山城#飯盛城の戦い|ja:飯盛山城の戦い
- * Siege of Sakai
- * Siege of Yamashina Honganji :ja:山科本願寺#山科本願寺の戦い|ja:山科本願寺の戦い
- Battle of Idano
- Battle of Un no Kuchi
- Battle of Sanbuichigahara
- Hanakura Incident :ja:花倉の乱
- Battle of Sendanno
- Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama
- Battle of Kōnodai
- Siege of Koriyama
- Battle of Sezawa
- First Battle of Azukizaka
- Siege of Toda Castle
- Utsuro Rebellion :ja:天文の乱
- Battle of Kawagoe
- Battle of Odaihara
- Battle of Kanōguchi
- Second Battle of Azukizaka
- Battle of Uedahara
- Siege of Toishi :ja:砥石崩れ
- Tainei-ji incident
- Battle of Kaizu
- Siege of Katsurao
- First Battle of Kawanakajima
- Siege of Kannomine
- Battle of Enshu-Omori
- Siege of Iwatsurugi Castle
- Second Battle of Kawanakajima
- Battle of Ino
- Battle of Miyajima
- Battle of Nagaragawa
- Third Battle of Kawanakajima
- Battle of Ukino
- Siege of Terabe
- Siege of Marune
- Battle of Okehazama
- Battle of Norada
- Battle of Moribe
- First Siege of Odawara
- Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima
- Siege of Moji
- Battle of Kyōkōji
- Siege of Kaminogō Castle
- Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama
- Battle of Batogahara
- Battle of Kōnodai
- Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima
- Battle of Fukuda Bay
- Siege of Minowa
[Azuchi–Momoyama period]
- Battle of Torisaka
- Siege of Hachigata
- Siege of Tachibana
- Battle of Tatarahama
- Second Siege of Odawara
- Battle of Mimasetoge
- Siege of Kakegawa
- Siege of Kanbara
- Battle of Takehiro
- Siege of Fukazawa
- Battle of Tonegawa
- Siege of Futamata
- Siege of Iwamura Castle
- Battle of Kizaki
- Siege of Noda Castle
- First Siege of Takatenjin
- Siege of Takabaru
- Siege of Nanao
- Siege of Otate
- Battle of Mimigawa
- Siege of Kōzuki Castle
- Battle of Mimaomote
- Battle of Omosu
- Battle of Nakatomigawa
- Battle of Okitanawate
- Siege of Iwaya Castle
- Battle of Hitotoribashi
- Battle of Koriyama
- Siege of Kurokawa Castle
- Battle of Suriagehara
Unification by '''[Oda Nobunaga]'''
- * Battle of Inabayama
- * Siege of Kanegasaki
- * Siege of Chōkō-ji
- * Battle of Anegawa
- * Ishiyama Hongan-ji War
- * Sieges of Nagashima
- * Siege of Mount Hiei
- * Battle of Mikatagahara
- * Siege of Odani
- * Siege of Ichijōdani Castle
- * Battle of Nagashino
- * Battles of Kizugawaguchi
- * Siege of Shigisan
- * Battle of Tedorigawa
- * Siege of Miki
- * Siege of Itami
- * Tenshō Iga War
- * Siege of Hijiyama
- * Second Siege of Takatenjin
- * Battle of Tenmokuzan
- * Siege of Takatō
- * Siege of Uozu
- * Incident at Honnō-ji
- * Siege of Takamatsu
- * Battle of Kanagawa
Unification by '''[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]'''
- * Battle of Yamazaki
- * Battle of Hiketa
- * Battle of Shizugatake
- * Siege of Kanie
- * Battle of Komaki and Nagakute
- * Siege of Suemori
- * Siege of Toyama
- * Siege of Negoro-ji
- * Invasion of Shikoku
- * Kyūshū campaign
- * Siege of Shimoda
- * Third Siege of Odawara
- * Siege of Oshi
- * Siege of Kunoe
- Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
- * Battle of Bunroku
- * Battle of Keicho
- **Battle of Hansan Island
- **Battle of Haengju
- **Battle of Myeongnyang
- **Siege of Ulsan
- **Battle of Sacheon
- **Battle of Noryang
Unification by '''[Tokugawa Ieyasu]'''
- * Siege of Shiroishi
- * Siege of Hataya
- * Siege of Kaminoyama
- * Siege of Hasedō
- * Siege of Ueda
- * Battle of Gifu Castle
- * Siege of Fushimi
- * Siege of Tanabe
- * Battle of Kuisegawa
- * Battle of Sekigahara
- * Siege of Ōtsu
- * Siege of Udo
- * Siege of Yanagawa
[Edo period]
- Invasion of Ryukyu
- Nossa Senhora da Graça incident
- Siege of Osaka
- *Winter Campaign
- **Battle of Imafuku
- **Battle of Shigino
- **Battle of Kizugawa
- **Battle of Noda-Fukushima
- **Siege of Sanada-maru
- *Summer Campaign
- **Battle of Kashii
- **Battle of Dōmyōji
- **Battle of Yao
- **Battle of Wakae
- **Battle of Tennoji
- Shimabara Rebellion
- Shakushain's Revolt
- Jōkyō Uprising
- Ueda Rebellion :ja:上田騒動
- Nijinomatsubara Rebellion :ja:虹の松原一揆
- Menashi-Kunashir Rebellion
- Ōshio Heihachirō's Rebellion
- Tsushima Incident
- Battle of Shimonoseki Straits
- Battles for Shimonoseki
- Bombardment of Kagoshima
- Mito Rebellion
- Kinmon Incident
- First Chōshū expedition
- Battles for Shimonoseki
- Second Chōshū expedition
[Boshin War] (1868-1869)
- Battle of Toba–Fushimi
- Battle of Awa
- Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma
- Battle of Utsunomiya Castle
- Battle of Ueno
- Battle of Aizu
- Battle of Miyako Bay
- Battle of Hakodate
- Naval Battle of Hakodate
Modern Period
[Meiji period]
- Saga Rebellion
- Japanese invasion of Taiwan
- Ganghwa Island incident
- Shinpūren Rebellion
- Akizuki Rebellion
- Hagi Rebellion
- Satsuma Rebellion
- *Siege of Kumamoto Castle
- *Battle of Tabaruzaka
- *Battle of Shiroyama
- Donghak Peasant Revolution
- *Battle of Ugeumchi
[First Sino-Japanese War] (1894-1895)
- Battle of Pungdo
- Battle of Seonghwan
- Battle of Pyongyang
- Battle of Yalu River
- Battle of Jiuliancheng
- Battle of Lushunkou
- Battle of Weihaiwei
- Battle of Yingkou
- Japanese invasion of Taiwan
- *Pescadores Campaign
- *Battle of Keelung
- *Hsinchu Campaign
- *Battle of Baguashan
- *Battle of Chiayi
- *Battle of Chiatung
- *Capitulation of Tainan
- *Battle of Changhsing
[Boxer Rebellion] (1899-1901)
[Russo-Japanese War] (1904-1905)
- Battle of Port Arthur
- Battle of Yalu River
- Battle of the Yellow Sea
- Battle of Nanshan
- Battle of Shantung
- Battle of Dairen
- Battle of Liaoyang
- Battle of Tsushima
- Battle of Mukden
[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907] (1907)
- Namdaemun Battle
Taisho Period
[World War I] (1914-1918)
- Siege of Tsingtao
[Siberian Intervention] (1918-1922)
- Battle of Qingshanli
- Battle of Fengwudong
Showa Period
[Second Sino-Japanese War] (1937-1945)
- Marco Polo Bridge Incident
- Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
- Battle of Shanghai
- Battle of Pingxingguan
- Battle of Nanjing
- Battle of Taiyuan
- Battle of Xuzhou
- Battle of Taierzhuang
- Battle of Wuhan
- Battle of Canton
- Battles of Khalkhin Gol
- Battle of Changsha
- Hundred Regiments Offensive
[Invasion of French Indochina] (1940)
[World War II]
1941- Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Japanese invasion of The Philippines
- Japanese invasion of Thailand
- Battle of Malaya
- Battle of Hong Kong
- Battle of Guam
- Battle of Wake Island
- Battle of Singapore
- Battle of Borneo
- Battle of Bataan
- Battle of Manado
- Battle of Tarakan
- Battle of Balikpapan
- Battle of Ambon
- Marshalls-Gilberts raids
- Battle of Makassar Strait
- Invasion of Sumatra
- Battle of Palembang
- Battle of Badung Strait
- Battle of Timor
- Battle of the Java Sea
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Battle of Corregidor
- Battle of Midway
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons
- Battle of Savo Island
- Battle of Milne Bay
- Battle of Tassafaronga
- Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
- Battle of Guadalcanal
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea
- Battle of the Komandorski Islands
- Battle of Bairoko
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
- Battle of Tarawa
- Battle of Imphal
- Battle of the Philippine Sea
- Battle of Saipan
- Battle of Guam
- Battle of Peleliu
- Battle of Leyte Gulf
- Battle of Leyte