The following is a list of Japanese battles, organised by date.
Ancient/Classical Japan
Yayoi Period
- Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion (c. 1st century BCE) ja:武埴安彦命
- Expedition of Yamato Takeru (c. late 1st century-early 2nd century) ja:ヤマトタケル
- Civil war of Wa (146-189 or 178-184)
Asuka period
- Expedition of Empress Jingū (c. 3rd century) ja:三韓征伐
- Goguryeo–Yamato War (391-404)
- Kibi Clan Rebellion (463)
- Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion (479)
- Iwai Rebellion (527-528)
- Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion (534) ja:武蔵国造の乱
- Battle of Shigisan (587)
- Isshi Incident (645)
- North expedition of Abe no Hirafu (658-660) ja:阿倍比羅夫
- Battle of Baekgang (663)
- Jinshin War (672)
Nara Period
- Hayato Rebellion (720-721)
- Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion (740)
- Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion (764)
- Thirty-Eight Year War (774-811)
- Hōki Rebellion (780-781?) ja:宝亀の乱
- Battle of Subuse (788) ja:巣伏の戦い
Heian Period
- Thirty-Eight Year War (774-811)
- Conquest by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (801)
- Last Conquest by Funya no Watamaro (811)
- Gangyō Rebellion (878) ja:元慶の乱
- Kanbyō Silla pirate invasion (893) ja:新羅の入寇
- Jōhei-Tengyō Rebellion (936-941) ja:承平天慶の乱
- Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion (947) ja:藤原是助の乱
- Toi invasion (1019)
- Taira no Tadatsune Rebellion (1028-1030) ja:平忠常の乱
- Zenkunen War (1051-1062)
- Battle of Onikiribe (1051)
- Battle of Kinomi (1057)
- Siege of Komatsu (1062)
- Siege of Koromogawa (1062)
- Siege of Kuriyagawa (1062)
- Enkyū Battle of Ezo (1070) ja:延久蝦夷合戦
- Gosannen War (1083-1087)
- Siege of Kanezawa (1087)
- Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion (1107-1108) ja:源義親の乱
- Hōgen Rebellion (1156)
- Heiji Rebellion (1159)
Genpei War (1180-1185)
- Battle of Ishibashiyama (1180)
- Battle of Fujigawa (1180)
- Battle of Sunomata-gawa (1181)
- Battle of Kurikara (1183)
- Siege of Hōjūjidono (1184)
- Battle of Uji (1184)
- Battle of Awazu (1184)
- Battle of Ichi-no-Tani (1184)
- Battle of Kojima (1184)
- Battle of Yashima (1185)
- Battle of Dan-no-ura (1185)
Feudal Japan
Kamakura period
- Ōshū War(1189) ja:奥州合戦
- Wada Rebellion (1213) ja:和田合戦
- Miura Rebellion (1247) ja:宝治合戦
- Jōkyū War (1221)
Mongol Invasions of Japan (1274 & 1281)
- Battle of Bun'ei (1274)
- Battle of Kōan (1281)
Genkō War (1331-1333)
- Siege of Kasagi(1331)
- Siege of Akasaka (1331)
- Siege of Chihaya (1333)
- Battle of Bubaigawara (1333)
- Siege of Kamakura (1333)
Muromachi period
- Nakasendai Rebellion (1335) ja:中先代の乱
Nanboku-chō period (1336-1392)
- Battle of Tatarahama (1336)
- Battle of Minatogawa (1336)
- Siege of Kanegasaki (1337)
- Battle of Ishizu (1338) ja:石津の戦い
- Battle of Shijō Nawate (1348)
- Kannō Incident (1350-1352) ja:観応の擾乱
- Battle of Uchidehama (1351) ja:打出浜の戦い
- Battle of Chikugogawa (1359) ja:筑後川の戦い
- Ōei Rebellion (1399) ja:応永の乱
- Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū (1416-1417) ja:上杉禅秀の乱
- Eikyō Rebellion (1438-1439) ja:永享の乱
- Siege of Yūki (1440) ja:結城合戦
- Kakitsu Incident (1441) ja:嘉吉の乱
- Koshamain's Revolt (1456-1457) ja:コシャマインの戦い
Kyōtoku Incident (1455-1482)
- Battle of Bubaigawara (1455) ja:分倍河原の戦い(室町時代)
- Battle of Irako (1459-1477) ja:五十子の戦い
- Nagao Kageharu Rebellion (1476-1480) ja:長尾景春の乱
- Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara (1477) ja:江古田・沼袋原の戦い
Ōnin War (1467-1477)
Sengoku period
- Chōkyō Incident (1487-1505) ja:長享の乱
- Battle of Tachigawara (1504) ja:立河原の戦い
- Battle of Kuzuryūgawa (1506)
- Battle of Nyoigatake (1509) ja:如意ケ嶽の戦い
- Battle of Nagamorihara (1510) ja:長森原の戦い
- Siege of Gongenyama (1510)
- Siege of Arai (1516)
- Battle of Arita-Nakaide (1517) ja:有田中井手の戦い
- Battle of Iidagawara (1521)
- Ningbo Turmoil (1523) ja:寧波の乱
- Siege of Edo (1524)
- Siege of Kamakura (1526)
- Battle of Nashinokidaira (1526)
- Battle of Katsuragawa (1527) ja:桂川原の戦い
- Battle of Ozawahara (1530)
- Battle of Tatenawate (1530) ja:田手畷の戦い
- Battle of Shiokawa no gawara (1531)
- Kyoroku War (1531) ja:享禄の錯乱
- Battle of Daimotsu (1531) ja:大物崩れ
- Tenbun War (1532-1535) ja:天文の錯乱
- Siege of Iimoriyama (1532) ja:飯盛山城の戦い
- Siege of Sakai (1532)
- Siege of Yamashina Honganji (1532) ja:山科本願寺の戦い
- Battle of Idano (1535)
- Battle of Un no Kuchi (1536)
- Battle of Sanbuichigahara (1536)
- Hanakura Incident (1536) ja:花倉の乱
- Battle of Sendanno (1536)
- Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537)
- Battle of Kōnodai (1538)
- Siege of Koriyama (1540-1541)
- Battle of Sezawa (1542)
- First Battle of Azukizaka (1542)
- Siege of Toda Castle (1542-1543)
- Utsuro Rebellion (1542-1548) ja:天文の乱(洞の乱)
- Siege of Tochio (1544)
- Siege of Takatō (1545)
- Battle of Kawagoe (1546)
- Battle of Odaihara (1546)
- Siege of Shika Castle (1546-1547)
- Battle of Kanōguchi (1547)
- Second Battle of Azukizaka (1548)
- Battle of Uedahara (1548)
- Battle of Shiojiritoge (1548)
- Siege of Toishi (1550) ja:砥石崩れ
- Tainei-ji incident (1551)
- Battle of Kaizu (1552)
- Siege of Katsurao (1553)
- First Battle of Kawanakajima (1553)
- Siege of Kannomine (1554)
- Siege of Matsuo (1554)
- Battle of Enshu-Omori (1554)
- Siege of Iwatsurugi Castle (1554)
- Second Battle of Kawanakajima (1555)
- Battle of Ino (1555)
- Battle of Miyajima (1555)
- Battle of Nagaragawa (1556)
- Third Battle of Kawanakajima (1557)
- Battle of Ukino (1558)
- Siege of Terabe (1558)
- Siege of Marune (1560)
- Battle of Okehazama (1560)
- Battle of Tonomoto (1560)
- Battle of Norada (1560)
- Battle of Moribe (1561)
- First Siege of Odawara (1561)
- Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima (1561)
- Siege of Moji (1561)
- Battle of Kyōkōji (1562)
- Siege of Kaminogō Castle (1562)
- Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563)
- Battle of Batogahara (1564)
- Battle of Kōnodai (1564)
- Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima (1564)
- Battle of Fukuda Bay (1565)
- Siege of Minowa (1566)
- Siege of Inabayama Castle (1567)
Azuchi–Momoyama period
- Battle of Torisaka (1568)
- Siege of Hachigata (1568)
- Siege of Tachibana (1569)
- Battle of Tatarahama (1569)
- Second Siege of Odawara (1569)
- Battle of Mimasetoge (1569)
- Siege of Kakegawa (1569)
- Siege of Kanbara (1569)
- Battle of Takehiro (1571)
- Siege of Fukazawa (1571)
- Battle of Tonegawa (1571)
- Siege of Futamata (1572)
- Battle of Kizaki (1572)
- Siege of Noda Castle (1573)
- First Siege of Takatenjin (1574)
- Siege of Yoshida Castle (1575)
- Siege of Takabaru (1576)
- Siege of Nanao (1577)
- Siege of Otate (1578)
- Battle of Mimigawa (1578)
- Battle of Mimaomote (1579)
- Battle of Omosu (1580)
- Battle of Nakatomigawa (1582)
- Battle of Okitanawate (1584)
- Siege of Iwaya Castle (1586)
- Battle of Hitotoribashi (1586)
- Battle of Koriyama (1588)
- Siege of Kurokawa Castle (1589)
- Battle of Suriagehara (1589)
Unification by Oda Nobunaga
- Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)
- Siege of Chōkō-ji (1570)
- Battle of Anegawa (1570)
- Ishiyama Hongan-ji War (1570-1580)
- Siege of Mount Hiei (1571)
- Sieges of Nagashima (1571, 1573, 1574)
- Siege of Iwamura Castle (1572)
- Battle of Mikatagahara (1573)
- Siege of Odani Castle (1573)
- Siege of Ichijōdani Castle (1573)
- Battle of Nagashino (1575)
- Battles of Kizugawaguchi (1576, 1578)
- Siege of Kuroi Castle (1577)
- Siege of Shigisan (1577)
- Battle of Tedorigawa (1577)
- Siege of Kōzuki Castle (1578)
- Siege of Miki (1578-1580)
- Siege of Yakami (1579)
- Siege of Itami (1579)
- Tenshō Iga War (1579, 1581)
- Siege of Hijiyama (1581)
- Second Siege of Takatenjin (1581)
- Siege of Tottori (1581)
- Battle of Tenmokuzan (1582)
- Siege of Takatō (1582)
- Siege of Uozu (1582)
- Incident at Honnō-ji (1582)
- Siege of Takamatsu (1582)
- Battle of Kanagawa (1582)
Unification by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Battle of Yamazaki (1582)
- Battle of Hiketa (1583)
- Battle of Shizugatake (1583)
- Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584)
- Siege of Kanie (1584)
- Siege of Suemori (1584)
- Siege of Negoro-ji (1585)
- Siege of Toyama (1585)
- Shikoku campaign (1585)
- Kyūshū campaign (1586-1587)
- Siege of Shimoda (1590)
- Siege of Hachigata (1590)
- Siege of Odawara (1590)
- Siege of Oshi (1590)
- Siege of Kunoe (1591)
- Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (1592-1598)
- Battle of Bunroku (1592-1593)
- Battle of Keicho (1597-1598)
- Battle of Hansan Island (1592)
- Battle of Haengju (1593)
- Battle of Myeongnyang (1597)
- Siege of Ulsan (1597-1598)
- Battle of Sacheon (1598)
- Battle of Noryang (1598)
Unification by Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Siege of Shiroishi (1600)
- Siege of Hataya (1600)
- Siege of Kaminoyama (1600)
- Siege of Hasedō (1600)
- Siege of Ueda (1600)
- Battle of Gifu Castle (1600)
- Siege of Fushimi (1600)
- Siege of Tanabe (1600)
- Battle of Kuisegawa (1600)
- Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
- Siege of Ōtsu (1600)
- Siege of Udo (1600)
- Siege of Yanagawa (1600)
Edo period
- Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
- Nossa Senhora da Graça incident (1610)
- Siege of Osaka (1614-1615)
- Winter Campaign (大坂冬の陣 Osaka Fuyu no Jin)
- Battle of Imafuku (1614)
- Battle of Shigino (1614)
- Battle of Kizugawa (1614)
- Battle of Noda-Fukushima (1614)
- Siege of Sanada-maru (1615)
- Summer Campaign (大坂夏の陣 Osaka Natsu no Jin)
- Battle of Kashii (1615)
- Battle of Dōmyōji (1615)
- Battle of Yao (1615)
- Battle of Wakae (1615)
- Battle of Tennoji (1615)
- Winter Campaign (大坂冬の陣 Osaka Fuyu no Jin)
- Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
- Shakushain's Revolt (1669-1672)
- Jōkyō Uprising (1686)
- Ueda Rebellion (1761) ja:上田騒動
- Nijinomatsubara Rebellion (1771) ja:虹の松原一揆
- Menashi-Kunashir Rebellion (1789)
- Ōshio Heihachirō's Rebellion (1837)
- Tsushima Incident (1862)
- Battle of Shimonoseki Straits (1863)
- Battles for Shimonoseki (1863)
- Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863)
- Mito Rebellion (1864)
- Kinmon Incident (1864)
- First Chōshū expedition (1864)
- Battles for Shimonoseki (1864)
- Second Chōshū expedition (1866)
Boshin War (1868-1869)
- Battle of Toba–Fushimi (1868)
- Battle of Awa (1868)
- Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma (1868)
- Battle of Utsunomiya Castle (1868)
- Battle of Ueno (1868)
- Battle of Aizu (1868)
- Battle of Miyako Bay (1869)
- Battle of Hakodate (1869)
- Naval Battle of Hakodate (1869)
Modern Period
Meiji period
- Saga Rebellion (1874)
- Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)
- Ganghwa Island incident (1875)
- Shinpūren Rebellion (1876)
- Akizuki Rebellion (1876)
- Hagi Rebellion (1876)
- Satsuma Rebellion (1877)
- Siege of Kumamoto Castle (1877)
- Battle of Tabaruzaka (1877)
- Battle of Shiroyama (1877)
- Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894-1895)
- Battle of Ugeumchi (1894)
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
- Battle of Pungdo (1894)
- Battle of Seonghwan (1894)
- Battle of Pyongyang (1894)
- Battle of Yalu River (1894)
- Battle of Jiuliancheng (1894)
- Battle of Lushunkou (1894)
- Battle of Weihaiwei (1895)
- Battle of Yingkou (1895)
- Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
- Pescadores Campaign (1895)
- Battle of Keelung (1895) (1895)
- Hsinchu Campaign (1895)
- Battle of Baguashan (1895)
- Battle of Chiayi (1895)
- Battle of Chiatung (1895)
- Capitulation of Tainan (1895)
- Battle of Changhsing (1895)
Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901)
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
- Battle of Port Arthur (1904-1905)
- Battle of Yalu River (1904)
- Battle of the Yellow Sea (1904)
- Battle of Nanshan (1904)
- Battle of Shantung (1904)
- Battle of Dairen (1904)
- Battle of Liaoyang (1904)
- Battle of Tsushima (1905)
- Battle of Mukden (1905)
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 (1907)
- Namdaemun Battle (1907)
Invasion of Manchuria(1931)
Taisho Period
World War I (1914-1918)
- Siege of Tsingtao (1914)
Siberian Intervention (1918-1922)
- Battle of Qingshanli (1920)
- Battle of Fengwudong (1920)
Invasion of Manchuria (1931)
Showa Period
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- Marco Polo Bridge Incident (1937)
- Battle of Beiping–Tianjin (July–August 1937)
- Battle of Shanghai (1937)
- Battle of Pingxingguan (1937)
- Battle of Nanjing (1937)
- Battle of Taiyuan (1937)
- Battle of Xuzhou (1937)
- Battle of Taierzhuang (1938)
- Battle of Wuhan (1938)
- Battle of Canton (October–December 1938)
- Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan Incident) (1939)
- Battle of Changsha (1939)
- Hundred Regiments Offensive (1940)
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 Kampar
1942
- 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 (7 August 1942 - 9 February 1943)
1943
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March)
- Battle of the Komandorski Islands (27 March)
- Battle of Bairoko (20 July)
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (1–2 November)
- Battle of Tarawa (20 November - 23 November)
1944
- Battle of Imphal (March - July)
- Battle of the Philippine Sea (19–20 June)
- Battle of Saipan (15 June - 9 July)
- Battle of Guam (21 July — 10 August)
- Battle of Peleliu (September – November)
- Battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October)
- Battle of Leyte (17 October - 31 December)
1945
- Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March)
- Battle of Okinawa (April - June)
- Operation Ten-Go (April)
- Soviet invasion of Manchuria (9 August – 2 September)
Heisei Period
- Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001)