Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-400920-20121221113452/@comment-400920-20121224175717

Nkbeeching wrote: well if we look in esence at japan it is technically an empire.

it is ruled by an emperor, and it has other ethnic groups or lands that were absorbed by japan over the years such as the Ryukyu islands and Hokkiado. in my opinion it has all the requirements, despite it seize

If Japan gets back the Northern territories and consolidates its control over the senkaku and Takashima Islands, it might be able to call itself an empire then