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Ikeda also oversaw the completion of the world's first bullet train line, [279] and the widely praised 1964 Tokyo Olympics, which heralded Japan's return to international prominence. [ 280 ] Among cultural developments, the immediate post-occupation period became a golden age for Japanese cinema . [ 281 ]
The Kuril Islands historically belonged to Japan [98] and were first inhabited by the Ainu people before coming under the control of the Matsumae clan during the Edo Period. [99] Since 1945, Kuril has belonged to the Soviet Union and now Russia. Japan adopted a parliamentary-based political system, and the role of the Emperor became symbolic.
Japanese seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducted the world's first successful naval-launched air raids on 5 September 1914 and during the first months of World War I from Jiaozhou Bay off Qingdao. On 6 September 1914 was the very first air-sea battle in history. 31 October: The siege of Qingdao starts as part of World War I. 1915: 18 January
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. 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
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, various Western countries competed for influence, trade, and territory in East Asia, and Japan sought to join these modern colonial powers. The newly modernized Meiji government of Japan turned to Korea, then in the sphere of influence of China's Qing dynasty .
At the time of European settlement, it was inhabited by under 20,000 hunter-gatherers from three indigenous regional tribes: the Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung and Wathaurong. [270] [271] Kingscote: South Australia Australia: 1836 AD First official European settlement in South Australia, Australia's first free settled colony.
Skyscrapers in Nakanoshima, Osaka; a major financial center in Japan. Japan has the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP, after that of the United States, China and Germany; and the fifth-largest economy by PPP-adjusted GDP. [169] As of 2021, Japan's labor force is the world's eighth-largest, consisting of over 68.6 million workers. [83]
Japan went to war with China in the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, though it was undeclared until December 1941. That month, after the Japanese declaration of war on America and the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Second Sino-Japanese War was subsumed into World War II. Following Pearl Harbor, Japan expanded their invasion of Asia. [160] [161] [162]