Japanese occupation of the Philippines
1942โ1945 Japanese occupation of the Philippines during WWII
The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (Filipino: Pananakop ng mga Hapones sa Pilipinas; Japanese: ๆฅๆฌใฎใใฃใชใใณๅ ้ , romanized: Nihon no Firipin Senryล) occurred between 1942 and 1945, when the Japanese Empire occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.