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8 hours ago · When the Japanese Empire collapsed in the 1940s, there were over 600 jinja within its conquered territories, many of which were later disbanded. Japanese migrants have also established jinja in countries like Brazil, [447] while Shinto's lack of doctrinal focus has attracted interest from non-Japanese; [448] in the United States, for example ...
- Iwakura (Shinto)
Overview. Nature worship, also known as spirit worship or...
- Shinto (Disambiguation)
Shinto is the native religion of Japan and was once its...
- Kami
Meaning Amaterasu, one of the central kami in the Shinto...
- Iwakura (Shinto)
8 hours ago · The Han Chinese or Han people [b] are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. They are the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the global population . The Han Chinese are the largest ethnic group in China — including mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau — with a global population of over 1.4 billion.
1 day ago · A replica of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land on the Moon The first image taken of the far side of the Moon, returned by Luna 3 As part of human exploration of the Moon, numerous space missions have been undertaken to study Earth's natural satellite. Of the Moon landings, Luna 2 of the Soviet Union was the first spacecraft to reach its surface successfully, intentionally impacting the Moon ...
8 hours ago · 46,948 (1920 Korean estimate) [2] [3] The March First Movement [a] was a series of protests against Japanese colonial rule that was held throughout Korea and internationally by the Korean diaspora beginning on March 1, 1919. Protests were largely concentrated in March and April, although they continued through the end of the year. [1]
1 day ago · Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II. The planned operation was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet declaration of war, and the invasion of Manchuria. [1] The operation had two parts: Operation ...
8 hours ago · History Main article: History of the Workers' Party of Korea Founding and early years (1945–1953) On 13 October 1945, the North Korean Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea (NKB–CPK) was established, with Kim Yong-bom as its first chairman. However, the NKB–CPK remained subordinate to the CPK Central Committee, which was headquartered in Seoul and headed by Pak Hon-yong. Two months ...
1 day ago · The Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES) is an 8-bit home video game console produced by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on 15 July 1983 as the Family Computer ( Famicom ). [note 1] It was then released in American test markets on 18 October 1985 as the redesigned NES, and fully launched in the United States the following year.
