Battles in Japan
222 battles and sieges whose recorded location lies within the modern borders of Japan (Asia), ordered by date.
Medieval · Early modern · 19th century · World War II era · Post-1945 · Date not recorded
Medieval (500–1499) · 40
- Battle of Kawasaki 1057Japan · Zenkunen War
- Siege of Kuriyagawa 1062Japan · Zenkunen War
- Siege of Shirakawa-den 1156Japan · Hōgen rebellion
- Siege of Sanjō Palace 1160Japan · Heiji rebellion
- Battle of Fujigawa 1180Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Ishibashiyama 1180Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Kanasa Castle 1180Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Kinugasa Castle 1180Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Uji (1180) 1180Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Sunomata-gawa 1181Japan · Genpei War
- Siege of Nara 1181Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Kurikara Pass 1183Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Mizushima 1183Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Shinohara 1183Japan · Genpei War
- Siege of Fukuryūji 1183Japan · Genpei War
- Siege of Hiuchi 1183Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Awazu 1184Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Ichi-no-Tani 1184Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Uji (1184) 1184Japan · Genpei War
- Siege of Hōjūjidono 1184Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Dan-no-ura 1185Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Kojima 1185Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Yashima 1185Japan · Genpei War
- Battle of Uji (1221) 1221Japan · Jōkyū War
- Battle of Bun'ei 1274Japan · Mongol invasions of Japan
- Battle of Kōan 1281Japan · Mongol invasions of Japan
- Siege of Akasaka 1331Japan · Genkō War
- Siege of Kasagi 1331Japan · Genkō War
- Battle of Bubaigawara 1333Japan · Genkō War
- Battle of Kotesashi 1333Japan · Genkō War
- Battle of Kumegawa 1333Japan · Kōzuke-Musashi Campaign
- Siege of Chihaya 1333Japan · Genkō War
- Siege of Kamakura (1333) 1333Japan · Genkō War
- Battle of Minatogawa 1336Japan · Nanboku-chō period
- Battle of Tatarahama (1336) 1336Japan · Nanboku-chō period
- Siege of Kanegasaki (1337) 1337Japan
- Sieges of Kuromaru 1338Japan · Nanboku-chō period
- Battle of Shijōnawate 1348Japan · Nanboku-chō period
- Yūki War 1440Japan
- Battle of Sakainehara 1479Japan · Kyōtoku Incident
Early modern (1500–1799) · 163
- Siege of Gongenyama 1510Japan
- Siege of Arai 1516Japan
- Battle of Arita-Nakaide 1517Japan
- Siege of Edo 1524Japan
- Siege of Kamakura (1526) 1526Japan
- Battle of Ozawahara 1530Japan
- Battle of Idano 1535Japan
- Battle of Un no Kuchi 1536Japan
- Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537) 1537Japan
- Battle of Kōnodai (1538) 1538Japan
- Battle of Momotsugi 1539Japan
- Siege of Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle 1540Japan
- Siege of Uehara 1541Japan
- Battle of Ankokuji 1542Japan
- Battle of Azukizaka (1542) 1542Japan
- Battle of Sezawa 1542Japan
- Siege of Fukuyo 1542Japan
- Siege of Kuwabara 1542Japan
- Sieges of Gassantoda Castle 1542Japan
- Siege of Nagakubo 1543Japan
- Siege of Kojinyama 1544Japan
- Siege of Kawagoe Castle 1545Japan
- Siege of Ryūgasaki 1545Japan
- Siege of Takatō (1545) 1545Japan
- Siege of Shika Castle 1546Japan
- Battle of Shiojiritoge 1548Japan
- Battle of Uedahara 1548Japan
- Siege of Fukashi 1549Japan
- Siege of Kajiki 1549Japan
- Sieges of Toishi 1550Japan
- Tainei-ji incident 1551Japan
- Battle of Akatsuka 1552Japan
- Battle of Kiyosu Castle 1552Japan
- Battles of Kawanakajima 1553Japan
- Siege of Katsurao 1553Japan
- Battle of Muraki Castle 1554Japan
- Battle of Oshikibata 1554Japan
- Siege of Iwatsurugi Castle 1554Japan
- Siege of Kannomine 1554Japan
- Siege of Kiso Fukushima 1554Japan
- Siege of Matsuo 1554Japan
- Battle of Miyajima 1555Japan · Three Surprise Attacks of Japan
- Battle of Inō 1556Japan
- Battle of Nagara-gawa 1556Japan
- Siege of Katsurayama 1557Japan · Battles of Kawanakajima
- Battle of Ukino 1558Japan
- Siege of Terabe 1558Japan
- Battle of Norada 1560Japan
- Battle of Okehazama 1560Japan · Three Surprise Attacks of Japan
- Siege of Marune 1560Japan · Battle of Okehazama
- Battles of Kawanakajima 1561Japan · Battles of Kawanakajima
- Siege of Moji 1561Japan · Japanese–Portuguese conflicts
- Siege of Odawara (1561) 1561Japan
- Battle of Kyōkōji 1562Japan
- Siege of Kaminogō Castle 1562Japan
- Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563) 1563Japan
- Battle of Azukizaka (1564) 1564Japan
- Battle of Kōnodai (1564) 1564Japan
- Battle of Dōdō 1565Japan
- Battle of Fukuda Bay 1565Japan · Japanese–Portuguese conflicts
- Siege of Kuragano 1565Japan
- Siege of Minowa 1566Japan
- Siege of Inabayama Castle 1567Japan
- Siege of Hachigata (1568) 1568Japan
- Battle of Mimasetoge 1569Japan
- Battle of Tatarahama (1569) 1569Japan
- Siege of Kakegawa 1569Japan
- Siege of Kanbara 1569Japan
- Siege of Odawara (1569) 1569Japan
- Siege of Oguchi Castle 1569Japan
- Siege of Tachibana 1569Japan
- Battle of Anegawa 1570Japan
- Siege of Chōkō-ji 1570Japan
- Siege of Hanazawa 1570Japan
- Siege of Kanegasaki (1570) 1570Japan
- Sieges of Nagashima 1570Japan · Ishiyama Hongan-ji War
- Battle of Tonegawa 1571Japan
- Siege of Fukazawa 1571Japan
- Siege of Mount Hiei 1571Japan
- Battle of Kizaki 1572Japan
- Siege of Futamata 1572Japan · Operation Nishikami
- Siege of Iwamura Castle 1572Japan
- Battle of Mikatagahara 1573Japan · Operation Nishikami
- Siege of Hikida Castle 1573Japan
- Siege of Ichijōdani Castle 1573Japan
- Siege of Noda Castle 1573Japan · Operation Nishikami
- Siege of Odani Castle 1573Japan
- Battle of Takatenjin 1574Japan
- Siege of Itami (1574) 1574Japan
- Siege of Takatenjin (1574) 1574Japan · Sieges of Takatenjin
- Battle of Nagashino 1575Japan
- Siege of Yoshida Castle 1575Japan
- Battles of Kizugawaguchi 1576Japan · Ishiyama Hongan-ji War
- Siege of Mitsuji 1576Japan · Ishiyama Hongan-ji War
- Siege of Nanao 1576Japan
- Siege of Takabaru 1576Japan
- Battle of Tedorigawa 1577Japan
- Siege of Shigisan 1577Japan
- Battle of Mimigawa 1578Japan
- Siege of Kōzuki Castle 1578Japan · Chūgoku Campaign
- Siege of Miki 1578Japan · Chūgoku Campaign
- Siege of Otate 1578Japan
- Siege of Itami (1579) 1579Japan · Chūgoku Campaign
- Battle of Omosu 1580Japan
- Siege of Hijiyama 1581Japan
- Siege of Minamata Castle 1581Japan
- Siege of Takatenjin (1581) 1581Japan · Sieges of Takatenjin
- Siege of Tottori 1581Japan · Chūgoku Campaign
- Battle of Kanagawa 1582Japan
- Battle of Nakatomigawa 1582Japan
- Battle of Tenmokuzan 1582Japan · Kōshū Conquest
- Battle of Uchidehama 1582Japan
- Battle of Yamazaki 1582Japan
- Siege of Takamatsu 1582Japan · Chūgoku Campaign
- Siege of Takatō (1582) 1582Japan · Kōshū Conquest
- Siege of Uozu 1582Japan
- Battle of Shizugatake 1583Japan
- Siege of Hiketa 1583Japan
- Battle of Komaki and Nagakute 1584Japan
- Battle of Okitanawate 1584Japan
- Siege of Kaganoi 1584Japan
- Siege of Kanie 1584Japan
- Siege of Suemori 1584Japan
- Siege of Takehana 1584Japan
- Siege of Negoro-ji 1585Japan · Battle of Kishuu
- Siege of Toyama 1585Japan · Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Siege of Ōta Castle 1585Japan
- Battle of Hitotoribashi 1586Japan
- Siege of Iwaya Castle 1586Japan
- Battle of Hetsugigawa 1587Japan
- Battle of Sendaigawa 1587Japan · Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Battle of Takajō 1587Japan · Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Siege of Akizuki 1587Japan · Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Siege of Ganjaku 1587Japan · Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Siege of Kagoshima 1587Japan · Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Battle of Suriagehara 1589Japan · Date Masamune
- Siege of Hachigata (1590) 1590Japan
- Siege of Odawara (1590) 1590Japan
- Siege of Oshi 1590Japan
- Siege of Shimoda 1590Japan
- Kunohe rebellion 1591Japan
- Battle of Asai 1600Japan
- Battle of Gifu Castle 1600Japan
- Battle of Imafuku 1600Japan · Winter Siege of Osaka
- Battle of Kuisegawa 1600Japan
- Battle of Sekigahara 1600Japan · Sekigahara Campaign
- Siege of Fushimi Castle 1600Japan
- Siege of Hasedō 1600Japan · Keichō Dewa Campaign
- Siege of Hataya 1600Japan
- Siege of Kaminoyama 1600Japan · Keichō Dewa Campaign
- Siege of Shiroishi 1600Japan
- Siege of Tanabe 1600Japan
- Siege of Ueda 1600Japan
- Siege of Uto 1600Japan · Battle of Sekigahara
- Siege of Yanagawa 1600Japan
- Siege of Ōtsu 1600Japan
- Battle of Shigino 1614Japan · Winter Siege of Osaka
- Siege of Osaka 1614Japan
- Battle of Dōmyōji 1615Japan · Summer Siege of Osaka
- Battle of Kashii 1615Japan · Summer Siege of Osaka
- Battle of Tennōji 1615Japan · Summer Siege of Osaka
- Battle of Yao (1615) 1615Japan · Summer Siege of Osaka
- Siege of Osaka 1615Japan · Siege of Osaka
19th century (1800–1913) · 13
- Bombardment of Kagoshima 1863Japan
- Battle of Aizu 1868Japan · Boshin War
- Battle of Bonari Pass 1868Japan · Battle of Aizu
- Battle of Hakodate 1868Japan · Boshin War
- Battle of Hatchōoki 1868Japan · Battle of Hokuetsu
- Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma 1868Japan · Boshin War
- Battle of Noheji 1868Japan · Boshin War
- Battle of Toba–Fushimi 1868Japan · Boshin War
- Battle of Ueno 1868Japan · Boshin War
- Battle of Utsunomiya Castle 1868Japan · Boshin War
- Battle of Miyako Bay 1869Japan · Boshin War
- Battle of Shiroyama 1877Japan · Satsuma Rebellion
- Siege of Kumamoto Castle 1877Japan · Satsuma Rebellion
World War II era (1939–1945) · 4
- Attack on Yokosuka 1945Japan · Bombing of Yokosuka
- Battle of Iwo Jima 1945Japan · Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
- Battle of Okinawa 1945Japan · World War II
- Cactus Ridge 1945Japan · Battle of Okinawa
Post-1945 (1946 onwards) · 1
- Battle for Outpost Vegas 1953Japan · Korean War
Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 1
- Battle of Hitotoribashi Japan