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2 days ago · The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. [1] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia.
5 days ago · Japan’s flag is commonly referred to as the “Nisshoki” or “Hinomaru,” which translates to “circle of the sun.” The flag features a red circle on a white background, symbolizing the sun rising over the sea to the East.
1 day ago · Although modern Japan has a lot of influence from Asia, Europe, and America, each new idea brought into Japan seems to take on Japanese characteristics and become something entirely different. Let’s go over some unique aspects of Japanese culture to help you familiarize yourself with Japan.
5 days ago · Why did Japan change its flag in 1999? Japan changed its flag in 1999 to regularize flag laws dating from the 19th century. The new design, known as the “Nisshōki” or “sun-mark flag,” was adopted to ensure that the red disc in the center of the flag was a precise shade of red, known as “Japan red.”
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3 days ago · Tokyo. Skyline of Shinjuku district, Tokyo city, Tokyo metropolis, east-central Honshu, Japan. Tokyo, to (metropolis), in east-central Honshu, Japan. It is bordered by the ken (prefectures) of Saitama (north), Chiba (east), Yamanashi (west), and Kanagawa (southwest) and by Tokyo Bay (southeast).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · Both Chinese and Japanese are among the world’s major languages. Chinese, spoken primarily in China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore, includes several dialects and is estimated to be spoken by more than one-fifth of the world’s population. Japanese, while not as widespread, remains a popular language spoken by approximately 125 million people, mostly in Japan. While […]
Was ancient Japan really called the Land of the Princess Clan or 姫氏国 due to them originally being matrilineal? I came across this claim and googling about it, it seems this was recorded in the Heian period.
