Has Japan been invaded in history? Did the invasion succeed? What is the impact on Japan?

The Japanese archipelago is isolated overseas, and the only neighboring country capable of invading it is China, which advocates peace. Coupled with poor resources and backward economy, the probability of being invaded is very low.

Japan was invaded by foreign invaders twice in history.

The first time was the Mongolian invasion in the12nd century. The Mongols attacked Japan with Koreans and Han Chinese under their rule, but they were attacked by a hurricane called "Kamikaze" by the Japanese, and the Mongolian fleet was almost wiped out.

The second time was1in the middle of the 9th century, when the United States knocked on the door. For its own interests in the Far East, the United States fired a shot at Yokosuka Port in Japan, forcing the Tokugawa shogunate to open the door wide. Later, European and American powers invaded Japan, established semi-colonies, plundered resources and controlled the economy. At this time, the Japanese disaster was almost the same as that of China at the same time (but the result was completely different).

Impact:

The invasion of Mongolia caused the Japanese to re-examine Chinese mainland. In addition, with the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty after the Battle of Yashan, the argument that there is no China after Yashan began to prevail in Japan, which made them regard themselves as the inheritors of Chinese civilization. At the same time, because the Han people were enslaved by Mongols, their contempt and inexplicable hatred for Chinese mainland increased and gradually became a part of their national character.

The invasion of European and American powers made the Japanese realize the strength and serious backwardness of capitalist powers, so they began to look around the world and seek a new way out. The Japanese developed the idea of "leaving Asia and entering Europe", humbly learned from the West in many aspects such as politics, economy, culture and military affairs, and successfully got rid of the western invaders, becoming the only country in the Far East that embarked on the road of colonial aggression.