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October 14: Events. 1854 - The Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty between Britain and Japan is signed; 1943 - World War II: The Second Philippine Republic is established under occupying Japanese forces; 1994 - 6879 Hyogo is discovered by Kazuyoshi Itō; 2001 - The 2001 Japanese Grand Prix is held; Births. 1493 - Shimazu Tadayoshi (d. 1568), daimyo
Name Date Remarks Ref. New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu): January 1 This national holiday was established in 1948, as a day to celebrate the new year. New Year's Day marks the beginning of Japan's most important holiday season, the New Year season (正月, Shōgatsu), which generally refers to the first one, three or seven days of the year.
The Japanese archipelago is 67% forests and 14% agricultural. [85] The primarily rugged and mountainous terrain is restricted for habitation. [86] Thus the habitable zones, mainly in the coastal areas, have very high population densities: Japan is the 40th most densely populated country even without considering that local concentration.
Honshu (Japanese: 本州, Hepburn: Honshū, pronounced [hoꜜɰ̃ɕɯː] ⓘ; lit. ' main island '), historically known as Akitsushima (秋津島, lit. ' dragonfly island '), [3] [4] [5] is the largest of the four main islands of Japan.
On July 19, 2023, she appeared on the Trans7 variety show Lapor Pak! as a special guest and became a trending topic on Twitter. [14] In August of the same year, she represented JKT48 at the Tokyo Idol Festival 2023, and conducted an official visit to the AKB48 Theater. [15] [16] [17] Furthermore, she represented JKT48 at the AniManGaki 2023.
The Kobe child murders (Japanese: 神戸連続児童殺傷事件, Hepburn: Kōbe renzoku jidō sasshō jiken) occurred in Suma, Kobe, Japan, on March 16 and May 27, 1997.. Two victims, Ayaka Yamashita (山下 彩花, Yamashita Ayaka), aged 10, and Jun Hase (土師 淳, Hase Jun), aged 11, were murdered by a 14-year-old boy reportedly named Shinichiro Azuma (東 真一郎, Azuma Shin'ichirō ...
The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 [1] in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional daimyo, or feudal lords.
Imperial Ordinance 167 issued on December 27, Meiji 28 (1895) Japan Standard Time (日本標準時, Nihon Hyōjunji, JST), or Japan Central Standard Time (中央標準時, Chūō Hyōjunji, JCST), is the standard time zone in Japan, 9 hours ahead of UTC (). [1]