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  1. 17 hours ago · History of Japan. 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.

  2. 2 days ago · Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean .

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  3. 1 day ago · The World's most comprehensive free online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia with synonyms, definitions, idioms, abbreviations, and medical, financial, legal specialized dictionaries.

  4. 2 days ago · Japanese birth and death rates since 1950. The drop in 1966 was due to it being a " hinoe uma " year which is viewed as a bad omen by the Japanese Zodiac. [3] Historical population of Japan.

    • 6.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
    • -0.7% (2020 est.)
    • 11.7 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
    • 124,631,000 (11th)
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  7. Apr 16, 2024 · Full-text of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed.). Additional features: Thesaurus, Games, and more.

  8. Apr 19, 2024 · When Noah Webster’s first edition of the American Dictionary of the English Language was published in April 1828, it held 70,000 words, 12,000 of which were making their first appearance in dictionary form. Webster’s goals for the work were grand: “to furnish a standard of our vernacular tongue, which we shall not be ashamed to bequeath ...