Japanese–Meitei cultural relations

Japanese culture and Meitei culture started their interaction, interconnection, interrelation, significantly during and after the occurrence of the Battle of Imphal as a part of the WWII, fought between British Empire and Empire of Japan, with the Imphal Valley (primary homeland of the Meiteis) in central Manipur as its main battleground.

'Imphal in the Japanese war')[3] is a 2012 Indian Meitei language WWII historical romantic fiction film about a romance between a Meitei lady and a Japanese soldier, who met each other, during the outbreak of the WWII's Battle of Imphal, in Imphal Valley.

[a] On the World Book Day 2022, the Sahitya Thoupang Lup (STL) published a trilingual dictionary of English, Japanese and Meitei languages, written in Latin script, authored by Ph.

Nandakumar Sharma, in a function organised in the DIPR Auditorium in Imphal West district.

[17] "The Land of The Rising Sun: Numitna Thorakpham Japan Urubada" is authored by Samarendra Chongtham, published in 2008, in English and Meitei languages.