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After man began to have lived in the Japanese Islands, various ages passed. However the ages passes, we still maintain our old culture and history. Why don't we reaffirm such a proud tradition through our history. To know the history is to build the future either.
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■ 10,0000
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An ancient human starts living in pit house and village-like grouping.
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■ 30,000
B.C. |
Starts making stone tools
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■ 12,000
B.C. |
Starts making clay vessel
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■ 800 |
Starts wet paddy rice cropping
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| ■ 300 |
Starts iron tools making
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| ■ 100 |
Formation of YAMATAIKOKU
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■ 239 |
Himiko sends on an errand to Wei
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| ■ 300 |
The royal prerogative of Yamato establishes it as a union political power of Japan
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| ■ 527 |
A battle of IWAI
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■ 538 |
The Buddhism is introduced from Baekje
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| ■ 604 |
Prince Shotoku becomes Empress Suiko's regency
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| ■ 645 |
Reformations of TAIKA
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■ 710 |
The capital is moves to Heijyo-kyo (NARA)
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| ■ 713 |
Fudoki, are ancient records of the culture and geography of provinces of Japan completes
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| ■ 743 |
Konden Einenshizai-Hou, the law of private property, is established
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■ 794 |
The captal is moved to Heian-kyo (KYOTO)
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| ■ 935 |
The battle of Jyouhei/Tengyo
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| ■ 1180 |
The battle of Jisho/Jyuei
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■ 1192 |
Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Barbarian Subduing Generalissimo
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| ■ 1221 |
The battle of Jyokyu
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| ■ 1232 |
The Goseibai Shikimoku, is the legal law of the Kamakura shogunate
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■ 1334 |
Kenmu Restoration
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| ■ 1338 |
Ashikaga Takauji becomes Barbarian Subduing Generalissimo
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| ■ 1392 |
Union of Southern and Northern courts
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■ 1467 |
The civil war of Ohnin
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| ■ 1549 |
The Christianity is transmitted
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| ■ 1560 |
The battle of Okehazama
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■ 1575 |
The battle of Nagashino
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| ■ 1582 |
The Incident at Honnōji
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| ■ 1590 |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi dominates the whole country
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■ 1600 |
The battle of Sekigahara
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| ■ 1603 |
Edo Shogunate is established by Tokugawa Ieyasu
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| ■ 1637 |
The Shimabara Rebellion
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| ■ 1858 |
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce
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| ■ 1867 |
Taisei-Hokan, transfers of power back to the Emperor.
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■ 1868 |
The Meiji Restoration
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| ■ 1889 |
The Constitution of the Empire of Japan
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| ■ 1904 |
Japanese-Russo War
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■ 1914 |
World War I
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| ■ 1918 |
The Rice Riots of 1918
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| ■ 1923 |
The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
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■ 1931 |
The Manchurian Incident
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| ■ 1941 |
The Pacific War
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| ■ 1964 |
The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
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■ 1995 |
The Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster
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| ■ 1998 |
The 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano
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| ■ 2002 |
A summit meeting with Japan and North Korea
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