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1 day ago · t. e. 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.
1 day ago · Son of Emperor Meiji. Taishō Democracy shifted political power from the genrō to the Imperial Diet and political parties. His eldest son, Crown Prince Hirohito, served as Sesshō ( 摂政; "Regent") from 1921 to 1926 because of Taishō's illness. [143] [144] 124. Hirohito. 裕仁. Emperor Shōwa. 昭和天皇. 25 December 1926.
3 days ago · Katakana is used to indicate the on'yomi (Chinese-derived readings) of a kanji in a kanji dictionary. For instance, the kanji 人 has a Japanese pronunciation, written in hiragana as ひと hito (person), as well as a Chinese derived pronunciation, written in katakana as ジン jin (used to denote groups of people).
4 days ago · Kanji (漢字, Japanese pronunciation: [kaɲdʑi]) are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese. [1] They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of hiragana and katakana.
2 days ago · discernible. Definition: (adjective) Capable of being seen or noticed. Synonyms: evident, observable. Usage: Monkeys scampered about the deserted ruins, and gaily plumaged birds flitted in and out among the columns and the galleries far above; but no sign of human presence was discernible. Discuss.
4 days ago · Fumio Kishida is a Japanese politician who served as leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and head of the Kōchikai (a faction within the LDP with a liberal tendency) and became prime minister of Japan in 2021. Prior to becoming prime minister, Kishida served as foreign minister.
5 days ago · Annotated bibliographies for topics in the field of Cinema and Media Studies. Combines encyclopedia-style introductions with expert recommendations of the most important reference works, books, journals, and primary sources on the topic.
