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This is a timeline of Japanese history, comprising important legal, territorial and cultural changes and political events in Japan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Japan .
- History of Japan
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- List of Emperors of Japan
List of emperors of Japan. Japan has been ruled by emperors...
- History of Japan
Japanese. The principal chronicles describing the origins of Japanese history are the Nihon shoki (“Chronicle of Japan”) and the Koji-ki (“Record of Ancient Matters”). The Nihon shoki (compiled in ad 720) assembled information in a chronological order of days, months, and years starting several years before 660 bc, which was the year of ...
The first period of Japan's history is its prehistory, before the written history. Archeologists have found pottery from that time. Japan’s Paleolithic era covers a period from around 100,000 BC to around 12,000 BC.
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Find the main events that have marked the history of Japan, from prehistory to the present day. The history of Japan is both rich and old, and it is often difficult to situate the many Japanese historical sites in time.
With a peace treaty signed in 1951, Japan regains its independence. The late 1950s to the early 1970s is called the "High Growth Age" in Japan because of the booming economy. Highlights of the era are the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964 and Expo '70 in Osaka. In 1972 relations with China are normalized.
