第二次世界大戦 (World War II)

The Second World War (1939–1945). In Japan, the war is more often referenced through specific framings — 太平洋戦争 ('Pacific War') for the Japanese theater, 大東亜戦争 in older or contested usage — while 第二次世界大戦 typically signals the global scope. The war's legacy remains central to postwar Japanese identity, politics, and pacifist constitutional norms.