Adjective
Imperial Japanese (not comparable)
(history) Of or pertaining to the Japanese Empire.
2002, Maki, John, A Yankee in Hokkaido: The Life of William Smith Clark, United States: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page xi:Besides serving as president of Hokkaido Imperial University, new research by Inoue Katsuo, for example, sheds fresh light on his role in the agricultural development of Imperial Japanese colonies in Korea and Manchuria.
Imperial Japanese warplanes raided the Australian city of Darwin; at least 243 people were killed. Source: Internet
In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the largest, most powerful battleships ever built to protect Okinawa, the gateway to Japan’s Home Islands. Source: Internet
The Imperial Japanese Navy, more constrained of resources than either the German or U.S. navies, acquired a limited number of pre-dreadnoughts and semi-dreadnoughts. Source: Internet