17 February – Singapore is renamed Shōnan ("Light of the South").
20 March – The navy minister, Admiral Shigetarō Shimada says that in view of the Allies' "Retaliation and hatred", Japan would no longer follow recognized rules of sea warfare.
18 April –Doolittle Raid, the first bombing raid on the Japanese home islands
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