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Japan was formally a member of the Axis powers
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Historical reference texts establish that the Empire of Japan was a principal member of the Axis powers during World War II.

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Wikipedia: Axis powers
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Book: A Nation at War, 1939–1945
2004 · cited by 0
Refers to Japan as a member of the Tokyo-Berlin-Rome axis.
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  1. Wikipedia: Japanreferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Wikipedia: Axis powersreferencesame source L1supports
  3. Book: Japanese Imperialism: Politics and Sport in East Asiareferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Book: World War IIreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Book: Global Governance and Japanreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Book: A Nation at War, 1939–1945referencesupports
  7. Ballinger Pub. Co.: The new political economy of the Pacificreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press: Control of Japanese foreign policy; a study of civil-military rivalry, 1930-1945referenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Times Books: History of the 20th centuryreferencesame source L8no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Times Books: The Times atlas of the 20th centuryreferencesame source L8no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Times Books: The Times history of the 20th centuryreferencesame source L8no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Times Books: Hammond atlas of the 20th centuryreferencesame source L8no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. Pearson Custom Pub.: The Modern world : a historyreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. Greenhaven Press: The World Warsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  15. Wikisource: Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 9 December 1941referencesame source L11no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  16. Wikisource: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Japan/08 Foreign Intercoursereferencesame source L11no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  17. Wikisource: Potsdam Agreementreferencesame source L11no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  18. OpenAIRE: Tracing the Role of Subhash Chandra Bose in the Freedom Strugglepeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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