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Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometers...

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 21.8 million residents, it is the world's most populous national...

The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as Nanking) was the mass rape and murder, between December 1937 and March 1938, of Chinese...

Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), also known by his posthumous name Emperor Shōwa, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death...

Unit 731 (731部隊, Nana-san-ichi Butai) was a secret biological and chemical warfare research unit run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1933 and 1945...

Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong in southern China. Located on the Pearl River, about 120 kilometres (75 mi)...

Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in Asia in...

This article contains Uyghur text. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters or other symbols instead of Uyghur script. Xinjiang,...

Chiang Kai-shek (/ˈtʃæŋ kaɪˈʃɛk/; 31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975) was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was President of the...

Kyoto (/ki.ˈoʊ.toʊ/ or /ˈkjoʊ.toʊ/; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [k̟ʲjó̞ò̞.tò̞] ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi; [k̟ʲjò̞ó̞.tó̞.ɕì, k̟ʲjó̞ó̞-] , locally...

The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the sole ruling party of China from 1928 to 1949 until its relocation...

Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of...

Osaka (大阪市, Ōsaka-shi; [ò̞ó̞.sä́.kä́(.ɕì), ó̞ó̞-] ) is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous...

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II fought between the Empire of Japan and the...

Joseon (English: /ˈtʃoʊsʌn/ CHOH-sun; Korean: 조선; Hanja: 朝鮮; also romanized as Chosun), officially Great Joseon State (대조선국; 大朝鮮國), was a dynastic kingdom...

East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions...

Go, weiqi, or baduk is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to fence off more territory than the opponent. The game was...

Renminbi (/(ˈ)rɛnmɪnbiː/; Chinese: 人民币; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and the...

Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters...

The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions...