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1. More planning before the trip. My pre-trip research focused mainly on sites and activities, not the logistics. I didn't book anything in advance, aside from my first few days in Tokyo. This led ...
14: 26–27 May Japan: Shima, Mie: Jokowi was invited as a guest to the 42nd G7 summit. [29] 15: 2–6 September China: Hangzhou: Jokowi attended the 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit, and met with Xi Jinping in addition to Alibaba CEO Jack Ma. [30] 6–8 September Laos: Vientiane: Jokowi attended the ASEAN summit. [31] 16: 12–14 December India: New Delhi
13 March 1920 – a Japanese Empire Consulate in Surabaya under the rule of Dutch East Indies. [3]8 December 1941 – Imperial Japanese Army began landing on Malay Peninsula, and simultaneously closed the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Surabaya in Dutch East India, the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Batavia, and the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Medan. [3]
Japan has a total fertility rate of 1.4, which is below the replacement rate of 2.1, and is among the world's lowest; [236] it has a median age of 48.4, the highest in the world. [237] As of 2020 [update] , over 28.7 percent of the population is over 65, or more than one in four out of the Japanese population. [ 234 ]
Shibuya emerged as a railway terminus during the expansion of the railway network beginning in the 19th century, and was incorporated as a ward in the City of Tokyo on 1 October 1932. [ 4 ] Shibuya, once a mediocre area developed around the railway terminus, overtook Shinjuku as a hub for youth culture in the 1970s.
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.
In 2011, an earthquake of magnitude 9.0–9.1 occurred off the coast of Honshu, generating tsunami waves up to 40.5 meters (133 ft) high and killing 19,747. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan , and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
The Battle of Semarang (Indonesian: Pertempuran Semarang), in Indonesia also known as Pertempuran Lima Hari (Five Days' Battle) [8] was a clash between Japanese forces of the Sixteenth Army and Indonesian forces consisting of People's Security Agency personnel and pemuda in October 1945 at the city of Semarang, Central Java.