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    Japan Province Nation

Location
Island nation.

Wartime History
At war since the 1930s in China, and the Pacific war 1941-1945, leaving the nation ravaged from the war. Heavily bombed during 1944-1945 by B-29 Superfortresses and other allied aircraft. Today, there are many museums, displays and memorials in Japan.

Offshore
 Islands
Bonis
 Island Group
 (Mother Island) Located in the Bonis Group
 (Father Island) Located in the Bonis Group
Ryukyu
 Islands
  Site of the last major land battle of the Pacific War
  Island off the northern tip of Okinawa
  Small island off Okinawa with an airfield location
  Island group to the west of Okinawa
Volcano
 Islands
  Site of the massive American landing.
Ogasawara
  Islands
  Marcus Island, eastern most island of Japan
Mainland
 Islands
Chubu
 Region
 A6M5a Zeke on display at airbase
 Jake on display at Gifu airbase museum
 Yamamoto Museum
 A6M3 Zeke at Airport Aerospace Museum
Kanto
 Region

Tokyo

 Airfields, Memorials, museum and aircraft on display

Tokyo Bay

 Located off Tokyo

Narita

City to the east of Tokyo

Yokosuka

 Naval yard and major Air Base
Kinki
 Region
  Former location of the Arashyama Museum
Chugoku
 Region
  Southeast of Hiroshima

Tokuyama

 Airfields and war relics in the area.
 Target of the first atomic bomb
 Island ofshore Hiroshima, Japanese Naval Academy
Hokkaido 
 Region
 Northern Island of Japan
 Several Japanese and a P-63 wreck
Kyushu 
 Region
 Kasedo Peace Museum and Kagoshima Kanoya
 Peace Memorial to "Special Atack Corps"
 Peace Museum For "Special Atack Corps"
 Ki 27 on display at Tachiarai Aviation Museum
 Target of second atomic bomb, August 9, 1945
Shikoku 
 Region
 George on display at Shinden-Kai Exhibition Hall
Tohoku 
 Region
  A6M at Masakari Kaigan
  Costal city
  Airbase and former JAAF bomber training base
  City to the west of Osaka

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Last Updated
October 1, 2009

 

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