TIMELINE -- JAPAN: A
concise chronology of Japan's history (1894-2005) from the BBC News Country
Profile series.
EMPIRE OF JAPAN: A concise Wikipedia encyclopedia entry on Japan's history from 1871 to 1945.
SINO-JAPANESE WAR 1894-1895: A very brief encyclopedia-like entry from OnWar.com .
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR 1904-1905: Another concise overview from OnWar.com .
MILITARISM
AND WW 2 (1912-1945):
Part of a more comprehensive introduction to Japanese history from
JapanGuide.com .
AN AMERICAN VISIT TO JAPAN, 1923: The diary of Charles Blauvelt's month-long visit to Japan culminating in the Tokyo Earthquake.
IMPERIALISM, WAR, AND REVOLUTION IN EAST ASIA -- 1900-1945; KOREA AS A COLONY OF JAPAN: A focused overview from Columbia University's East Asian Curriculum Project.