Imperial Japanese Army - Casualties

Casualties

Over the course of the Imperial Japanese Army's existence, millions of its soldiers were either killed, wounded or went missing in action.

• Taiwan Expedition of 1874: 543 (12 killed in battle and 531 by disease)
• First Sino-Japanese War: The IJA suffered 13,823 dead and 3,973 wounded
• Russo-Japanese War: The number of total Japanese dead in combat is put at around 47,000, with around 80,000 if disease is included
• World War I: 1,455 Japanese were killed, mostly at the Battle of Tsingtao
• World War II:
  • Deaths
    • 2,566,000 Imperial Armed Forces dead including non-combat deaths (includes 1,506,000 killed in action),
    • 672,000 known civilian dead,
  • 810,000 missing in action and presumed dead.
  • 7,500 prisoners of war