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  2. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Japanese calendar - Wikipedia

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    7th day of the 1st month: 人日 (Jinjitsu), 七草の節句 (Nanakusa no sekku) held on 7 January. 3rd day of the 3rd month: 上巳 (Jōshi), 桃の節句 (Momo no sekku) held on 3 March in many areas, but in some area on 3 April. 雛祭り (Hina matsuri), Girls' Day. 5th day of the 5th month: Tango (端午): mostly held on 5 May.

  4. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    Japan send troops to Iraq during the Iraq War (2003–11). However, one year and one month later, Japan was established Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group between 2004 and 2006. 2004: 11 July: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the House of Councillors election. 23 October: Niigata earthquake kills 68 people and more than ...

  5. Edo period - Wikipedia

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    For the Canadian restaurant chain, see Edo Japan (restaurant). 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 1603 and 1868 [ 1 ] in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

  6. Heian period - Wikipedia

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    History of Japan. The Heian period (平安時代, Heian jidai) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. [1] It followed the Nara period, beginning when the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu, moved the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto). Heian (平安) means 'peace' in Japanese.

  7. Heisei era - Wikipedia

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    The Heisei era (平成, Japanese: [heːseː] ⓘ) was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Emeritus Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. The Heisei era started on 8 January 1989, the day after the death of the Emperor Hirohito, when his son, Akihito, acceded to the throne as the ...

  8. Tanabata - Wikipedia

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    Tanabata festivities in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa in 2023. Tanabata (Japanese: たなばた or 七夕, meaning "Evening of the Seventh"), also known as the Star Festival (星祭り, Hoshimatsuri), is a Japanese festival originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. [1][a][b] It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by ...

  9. Japanese era name - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese era name (Japanese: 年号, Hepburn: nengō, "year name") or gengō (元号), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being "gan (元) "), followed by the literal "nen (年) " meaning ...