Yuan Dynasty-Japanese relation during The Period of Khublai

Having left their mark on the 13th century, The Mongols continued the expansion activities after Genghis Khan died, who started these activities, and they reached the borders of the Far East. Thus, the historical background of the Far East expeditions that would have taken place during the Kublai period was formed. Kublai Khan demanded that Japan, which was part of the plan to seize South China, be subject to him, but upon his failure, he decided to attack Japan, and thus, he became the first leader to invade Japan. With two unsuccessful attempts at invasion in 1274 and 1281, the Mongol progress came to an end and the Eastern border of the nation, which dominated a large geography, was formed. The scope of the current study is the activities of Khublai Khan who united China under a single ruling, and the relations of the Yuan dynasty, which was formed by changing the name to comply with China's governing tradition, with its non-landed neighbour Japan. Hence, the current study tended to make a comprehensive evaluation of the two attempts at invasion that stopped the Mongolian progress and drew the eastern border.The defeat of the Mongols, who had dominated the history, against the Japanese, who had begun to come into prominence and the effects of marine expeditions on both nations are inportant.Keywords: Khublai Khan, Yuan dynasty, Japan