Toyotomi Japan

Instead of the Closed-State Policy that was developped in the 1600's, Japan pushed outward, making trading posts further away from the sacred islands of Japan, taking trade to the foreigners. Wars were fought with the Spanish to secure their hold on the west coast of North America.

The Japanese Empire to this day is one of the largest in the world. The growth of the empire began as they expanded Northward to Siberia and then westward until colliding with the Russians, and across the Bering Straits into Alaska, and down the Pacific coast. They also expanded into Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and into Australia.

Today, most Japanese colonies retain at least a nominal connection to Japan proper.

In the Americas, Christian and Buddhist missionaries came into frequent contact, sometimes resulting in violence, but eventually the two religions came to co-exist relatively peacefully. Japan's involvement in the world meant that Christianity was moderately successful in Japan, though still a minority religion, while Buddhist missionaries made their way into Europe.


 * Early Expansion
 * T&#333;bankoku (North America)
 * List of Kwampaku

Nations (provisional)
 * Japan and former Colonies
 * Japan
 * Korea
 * Taiwan
 * Other nations
 * China
 * Russia