Editing Second Sino-Japanese War (section)

===Other names===
In [[Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II|Japanese propaganda]], the invasion of China became a crusade ({{langx|ja|聖戦|translit=seisen|label=none}}), the first step of the "eight corners of the world under one roof" slogan ({{langx|ja|八紘一宇|translit=[[Hakkō ichiu]]|label=none}}). In 1940, Japanese prime minister [[Fumimaro Konoe]] launched the [[Taisei Yokusankai]]. When both sides formally declared war in December 1941, the name was replaced by "Greater East Asia War" ({{langx|ja|大東亞戰爭|translit=Daitōa Sensō|label=none}}).

Although the Japanese government still uses the term "China Incident" in formal documents,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Linebarger|first=Paul M. A.|date=May 1941|title=The Status of the China Incident|jstor=1022596|journal=American Academy of Political and Social Science|publisher=Sage |volume=215|pages=36–43|doi=10.1177/000271624121500106|s2cid=144915586}}</ref> the word ''[[Shina (word)|Shina]]'' is considered derogatory by China and therefore the media in Japan often paraphrase with other expressions like "The Japan–China Incident" ({{langx|ja|日華事變／日支事變|translit=Nikka Jiken/Nisshi Jiken|label=none}}), which were used by media as early as the 1930s.

The name "Second Sino-Japanese War" is not commonly used in Japan as the China it fought a war against in 1894 to 1895 was led by the [[Qing dynasty]], and thus is called the Qing-Japanese War ({{langx|ja|日清戦争|translit=Nisshin–Sensō|label=none}}), rather than the [[First Sino-Japanese War]].

Another term for the second war between Japan and China is the "Japanese invasion of China", a term used mainly in foreign and Chinese narratives.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lermuseum.org/interwar-years-1919-1938/japanese-invasion-of-china-7-july-1937 | title=Japanese Invasion of China: 7 July 1937}}</ref>