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Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nippon or Nihon, and formally 日本国, Nihonkoku) is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi); the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.

Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of almost 125 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.2 million residents.

Japan has been inhabited since the Upper Paleolithic period (30,000 BC), though the first written mention of the archipelago appears in a Chinese chronicle (the Book of Han) finished in the 2nd century AD. Between the 4th and 9th centuries, the kingdoms of Japan became unified under an emperor and the imperial court based in Heian-kyō. Beginning in the 12th century, political power was held by a series of military dictators (shōgun) and feudal lords (daimyō) and enforced by a class of warrior nobility (samurai). After a century-long period of civil war, the country was reunified in 1603 under the Tokugawa shogunate, which enacted an isolationist foreign policy. In 1854, a United States fleet forced Japan to open trade to the West, which led to the end of the shogunate and the restoration of imperial power in 1868.

In the Meiji period, the Empire of Japan adopted a Western-modeled constitution and pursued a program of industrialization and modernization. Amidst a rise in militarism and overseas colonization, Japan invaded China in 1937 and entered World War II as an Axis power in 1941. After suffering defeat in the Pacific War and two atomic bombings, Japan surrendered in 1945 and came under a seven-year Allied occupation, during which it adopted a new constitution and began a military alliance with the United States. Under the 1947 constitution, Japan has maintained a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature, the National Diet. (Full article...)

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Ōkami is an action-adventure video game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for Sony's PlayStation 2 video game console in 2006 in Japan and North America, and 2007 in Europe and Australia. Despite the closure of Clover Studio a few months after the game's initial release, a version for Nintendo's Wii console was developed and produced by Ready at Dawn and Capcom, which was released in North America on 15 April 2008, in Europe in June 2008, and will be released in Japan on 15 October 2009. Set sometime in classical Japanese history, Ōkami combines several Japanese myths, legends and folklore to tell the story of how the land was saved from darkness by the Shinto sun goddess, named Amaterasu, who took the form of a white wolf. It features a distinct sumi-e-inspired cel-shaded visual style and the Celestial Brush, a gesture-system to perform miracles. Ōkami was one of the last PlayStation 2 games selected for release prior to the release of the PlayStation 3. Although it suffered from poor sales, Ōkami earned high acclaim from reviewers and earned, among other awards, the title of IGN's 2006 Game of the Year. The Wii version has earned similar praise though the motion control scheme has received mixed reviews from both critics and gamers. A sequel, Ōkamiden: Chīsaki Taiyō, has been announced by Capcom for release in 2010 on the Nintendo DS. (Full article...)

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Japanese battleship Yamato
Image: Alexpl
A line drawing of the Japanese battleship Yamato, the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, she was launched on 8 August 1940 and served as the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet in 1942.
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Blind men and an elephant
Credit: Hanabusa Itchō
An 1888 Hanabusa Itchō ukiyo-e print illustrating a Buddhist parable showing blind monks examining an elephant.
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Hōryū-ji
Credit: Fg2
Located at the Buddhist temple Hōryū-ji, Yumedono (Hall of Dreams) was built on the ground which was once Prince Shōtoku's private palace. The present incarnation of this hall was built in 739 to assuage the Prince's spirit.
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Bonsai
Credit: Peggy Greb
This bonsai is part of the penjing collection at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum. The trident maple Acer buergerianum has its roots growing over a rock and its foliage and stems trimmed in the shape of a dragon.
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Japanese government-issued currency in the Dutch East Indies
Banknotes: Empire of Japan. Reproduction: National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution
The Japanese-issued Netherlands Indies gulden was the currency issued by the Japanese Empire when it occupied the Dutch East Indies during World War II. Following the Dutch capitulation in March 1942, the Japanese closed all banks, seized assets and currency, and assumed control of the economy in the territory. They began issuing military banknotes, as had previously been done in other occupied territories. These were printed in Japan, but retained the name of the pre-war currency and replaced the Dutch gulden at par. From 1943 the military banknotes were replaced by identical bank-issued notes printed within the territory, and the currency was renamed the roepiah from 1944. The currency was replaced by the Indonesian rupiah in 1946, one year after the Japanese surrender and the country's independence.

This note, denominated ten cents, is part of the 1942 series.

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Water Margin
Credit: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
This ukiyo-e print, titled Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden, is one in a series created by the Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi between 1827 and 1830 illustrating the 108 Suikoden ("Water Margin"). The publication of the series catapulted Kuniyoshi to fame and helped created a Suikoden craze in Japan. The hero portrayed in this print is Yang Lin.
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Siberian Intervention
Image: Shobido & Co.; Restoration: Adam Cuerden
A Japanese lithograph depicting the capture of Blagoveshchensk, Siberia, by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Siberian Intervention, part of a larger effort by the western powers and Japan to support White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army during the Russian Civil War. The Allied invasion took place in August 1918, and Japanese troops remained in Russia until October 1922.
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Japanese government-issued rupee in Burma
Banknote design credit: Empire of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva
The Japanese government-issued rupee in Burma was Japanese invasion money issued as a replacement for the local currency during the Japanese occupation of Burma in the Second World War. Like most Japanese colonial currency from this period, a letter code was used on the notes; the first or top letter "B" indicates that the note was printed in and issued for the State of Burma; the second letter or letters indicate the block (or printing batch) of the note. The higher-value notes depict Ananda Temple in Bagan on the obverse. This five-cent banknote is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

Other denominations:
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000C-QINU`"'

* 1 cent
* 10 cents
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'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000D-QINU`"'
1⁄4 rupee
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'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000F-QINU`"'
1⁄2 rupee
* 1 rupee
* 5 rupees
* 10 rupees
* 100 rupees
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Siege of Osaka
Painting credit: unknown
The siege of Osaka was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in the clan's dissolution. Divided into two stages (the winter campaign and the summer campaign), and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment. This eight-metre-long (26 ft) painting, titled The Summer Battle of Osaka Castle and executed on a Japanese folding screen, illustrates Osaka Castle under siege, and was commissioned by the daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa, who took a team of painters with him to the battlefield to record the event. The painting depicts 5071 people and 21 generals, and is held in the collection of Osaka Castle.
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Japanese government-issued dollar in Malaya and Borneo
Banknote design credit: Empire of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva
The Japanese government-issued dollar was a form of currency issued between 1942 and 1945 for use within the territories of Singapore, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei, under occupation by Imperial Japan during World War II. The currency, informally referred to as "banana money", was released solely in the form of banknotes, as metals were considered essential to the war effort. The languages used on the notes were reduced to English and Japanese. Each note bears a different obverse and reverse design, but all have a similar layout, and were marked with stamped block letters that begin with "M" for "Malaya". This 1944 ten-dollar Japanese-issued banknote, depicting guava and coconut trees flanked by banana and pineapple plants on the obverse, and a seascape on the reverse, is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

Other denominations:
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000B-QINU`"'
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Tsingtao occupation money
Banknote design credit: Bank of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva
This picture shows a ten-sen banknote, in use during the 1914–1922 Japanese occupation of Tsingtao (Qingdao), China, as part of the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I. Issued by the Bank of Japan, the currency was based on the silver standard. This banknote, dated 1914, is in the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

Before the outbreak of World War I, German naval ships were located in the Pacific; Tsingtao developed into a major seaport while the surrounding Kiautschou Bay area was leased to Germany since 1898. During the war, Japanese and British Allied troops besieged the port in 1914 before capturing it from the German and Austro-Hungarian Central Powers, occupying the city and the surrounding region. It served as a base for the exploitation of the natural resources of Shandong province and northern China, and a "New City District" was established to furnish the Japanese colonists with commercial sections and living quarters. Tsingtao eventually reverted to Chinese rule by 1922.
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Japan during the Siberian Intervention
Credit: Shobido & Co
The Japanese Siberian Intervention of 1918–1922 was the dispatch of troops of the Imperial Japanese Army to the Russian Maritime Provinces as part of a larger effort by western powers and Japan to support White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
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ecchi
Credit: Niabot
Drawing of a revealing figure named Sythatia that includes typical manga and anime elements. The drawing also illustrates the term ecchi, which describes vague sexual content such as skimpy clothing, partial or full nudity.
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Asahi Breweries
Photograph credit: Basile Morin
Asahi Breweries is a Japanese global beer, spirits, soft drinks and food business group. This photograph, taken during the blue hour with a full moon, shows the headquarters of Asahi Breweries in Sumida, Tokyo, as viewed from the wharf on the Sumida River near Azuma Bridge. The Asahi Beer Hall, topped by the Asahi Flame, designed by Philippe Starck, is visible on the right, with the Tokyo Skytree in the background on the left.
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Plum Park in Kameido
Painting: Vincent van Gogh, after Hiroshige
Flowering Plum Tree (after Hiroshige), a copy of the ukiyo-e woodblock print Plum Park in Kameido by the Japanese artist Hiroshige. Completed in 1887, this painting is one of several Japanese-influenced works created by Vincent van Gogh after the opening up of Japan. In his copy, van Gogh ignored the shading present in the trunk and background of Hiroshige's image, which there implied age, and instead used colours with more "passion" and "youthfulness".

See Hiroshige's original version
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Khalili Collection of Japanese Art
Artwork credit: unknown
This large silk-embroidered wall hanging is part of the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art. The embroidery is worked in long and short silk stitch, with a composite imaginary view of Japan, including flowers, shrines, bridges, lakes and forests, with Mount Fuji rising in the distance. The private collection of decorative art, dating from Meiji-era Japan (1868–1912), was assembled by the British-Iranian scholar Nasser D. Khalili. It includes metalwork, enamels, ceramics, and lacquered objects, including works by artists of the imperial court that were exhibited at the Great Exhibitions of the late 19th century.
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Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies registration card
Document: Japanese occupation government; scan by the National Archives of the Netherlands
A registration card for Louis Wijnhamer (1904–1975), an ethnic Dutch humanitarian who was captured soon after the Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies in March 1942. Prior to the occupation, many ethnic Europeans had refused to leave, expecting the Japanese occupation government to keep a Dutch administration in place. When Japanese troops took control of government infrastructure and services such as ports and postal services, 100,000 European (and some Chinese) civilians were interned in prisoner-of-war camps where the death rates were between 13 and 30 per cent. Wijnhamer was interned in a series of camps throughout Southeast Asia and, after the surrender of Japan, returned to what was now Indonesia, where he lived until his death.

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February 3:

Events

1607 - Sarugaku (a kind of circus-like performance) is held at Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese Date: Seventh Day of the First Month, 1607)
1835 - Kunitomo Tōbē of Ōmi Province begins his scientific observation of sunspots. (Traditional Japanese Date: Sixth Day of the First Month, 1835)
1851 - John Manjirō returns to the Ryūkyū Islands (modern day Okinawa). (Traditional Japanese Date: Third Day of the First Month, 1851)
1867 - Emperor Meiji becomes the 122nd emperor.
1875 - The first international shipping lane is opened between Yokohama and Shanghai.
1901 - Fukuzawa Yukichi, best known as the founder of Keiō University, dies.
1944 - World War II: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands from Japanese forces.
1945 - World War II: The Soviet Union agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan.
1972 - The Eleventh Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo where Yukio Kasaya becomes the first Japanese ever to win a gold medal. Yukio Kasaya and two other from Japan won all three medals in the 70 meter jump, prompting people to refer to them as the "flying hinomaru."

Births

1954 - Toshie Negishi, actress
1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, DJ, producer, and songwriter
1986 - Kanako Yanagihara, actress, comedian, and entertainer
1995 - Tao Tsuchiya, actress
1999 - Kanna Hashimoto, singer

Deaths

1428 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi (b. 1386), shogun

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

Setsubun

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29 January 2023 –: An avalanche on Mount Norikura in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, kills two people, including American skier Kyle Smaine. (BBC News)
25 January 2023 –: A Hong Kong-registered ship carrying 22 people capsizes off the coast of Japan. Eight crew members are dead, 13 are rescued and two others still missing. (AFP via Barron's)
23 January 2023 – Eugenics in Japan: The Kumamoto district court [ja] orders the government to compensate two plaintiffs ¥22 million (US$170,000) worth of damages for their compulsory sterilization under the now-obsolete Eugenic Protection Act of 1948. (Kyodo News)
22 January 2023 –: Four people are killed and three others are feared dead in an apartment fire in Kobe, Japan. (The Japan Times)
21 January 2023 –: Japan wins the 2023 World Pastry Cup in Chassieu, Lyon Metropolis, France. (AFP via The Philippine Star)
20 January 2023 – 2021–2023 inflation surge: The Bank of Japan reports that inflation in Japan increased by 4.0% in December, the highest recorded increase since 1981. (CNN) (BBC News)

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I only included things that everybody likes, like violence, flowers, children, women, friendship and death.

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— Tomonobu Itagaki, video game designer

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Yamashita Yoshitsugu (山下義韶, February 16, 1865 – October 26, 1935), also known as Yamashita Yoshiaki, was a Japanese judoka. He was the first person to have been awarded 10th degree red belt (jūdan) rank in Kodokan judo, although posthumously. He was also one of the Four Guardians of the Kodokan, and a pioneer of judo in the United States. (Full article...)

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Kōchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the south coast of Shikoku. The capital is the city of Kōchi. Prior to the Meiji Restoration, Kōchi was known as Tosa Province. The prefecture comprises the southwestern part of the island of Shikoku, facing the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest but least populous of Shikoku's four prefectures. Most of the province is mountainous, and in only a few areas such as around Kōchi and Nakamura is there a coastal plain. Kōchi is famous for its many rivers. Inamura-yama in Tosa-cho is the highest peak in Kochi prefecture with an altitude of 1506 meters above sea level. Eleven cities are located in Kōchi Prefecture.

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... that the Sakuradamon Incident (pictured) of 1932 was an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Emperor Hirohito of Japan by a Korean nationalist?

... that troops of Tadayoshi Sano, a lieutenant general for the Imperial Japanese Army, were reported to have committed atrocities against civilians in Hong Kong and British prisoners of war?

... that when the Japanese visual novel Memories Off was released for the PlayStation Portable, it shared its opening theme song with the visual novel Memories Off 2nd for the same system?

... that American Joe Lutz became the first foreigner to manage a team in Japanese professional baseball when he was selected to manage the Hiroshima Carp in 1975?

... that in 1969, Toyota Motor Corporation imported McLaren M12s and installed their own V8 engines in a bid to better compete against Nissan in Japanese Group 7 races?

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Image 1The Ryukyu Islands administered by Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture (from Geography of Japan)
Image 2Amida Buddha, Kōtoku-in (from Culture of Japan)
Image 3Japanese experts inspect the scene of the 'railway sabotage' on South Manchurian Railway, leading to the Mukden Incident and the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. (from History of Japan)
Image 4Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. (from History of Japan)
Image 5Lake Tōya and Shōwa-shinzan in Shikotsu-Tōya National Park (from Geography of Japan)
Image 6
Edo period screen depicting the Battle of Sekigahara. It began on 21 October, 1600, with a total of 160,000 men facing each other.
(from History of Japan)
Image 7Sakurajima eruption on October 3, 2009 (from Geography of Japan)
Image 8Emperor Meiji, the 122nd Emperor of Japan (from History of Japan)
Image 9Newly-wed Emperor Naruhito, then Crown Prince, wearing a sokutai and Empress Masako, then-Crown Princess, wearing a jūnihitoe. Costumes of these styles have been worn by the Imperial family since the Heian period, when a unique Japanese style developed. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 10Vegetation during the Last Glacial Maximum period 16,000 BCE (from Geography of Japan)
Image 11Tectonic map of Japan (French) (from Geography of Japan)
Image 12The Kuril Islands with Russian names. Borders of Shimoda Treaty (1855) and Treaty of St. Petersburg (1875) shown in red. Currently all islands northeast of Hokkaido are administered by Russia. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 13Izu Islands south of Tokyo (from Geography of Japan)
Image 14Japanese archipelago with outlined islands (from Geography of Japan)
Image 15Kobe Airport in Osaka Bay (from Geography of Japan)
Image 16A vase from the early Jōmon period (11000–7000 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 17A map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 18Fumie Hihara playing the shamisen, Guimet Museum, Paris (from Culture of Japan)
Image 19The summit of Mount Fuji is the highest point in Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 20Mount Yari, Nagano Prefecture in August (from Geography of Japan)
Image 21Tokyo in 2010 (from History of Japan)
Image 22Ukiyo-e based on kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, by Utagawa Kunimasa. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 23A map of Japan's major cities, main towns and selected smaller centers (from Geography of Japan)
Image 24Reconstruction of a Jōmon family from the Sannai-Maruyama Site. (from History of Japan)
Image 25Aerial view of Lake Biwa (from Geography of Japan)
Image 26
Chinese generals surrendering to the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895
(from History of Japan)
Image 27Miniature model of the ancient capital Heian-kyō (from History of Japan)
Image 28Regions and prefectures of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 29Japan (Iapam) and Korea, in the 1568 Portuguese map of the cartographer João Vaz Dourado. (from History of Japan)
Image 30Daisenryō Kofun, Osaka (from History of Japan)
Image 31Traditional breakfast at a ryokan (from Culture of Japan)
Image 32A handscroll painting dated c. 1130, illustrating a scene from the "Bamboo River" chapter of The Tale of Genji (from History of Japan)
Image 33Japan in 1582, showing territory conquered by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in gray (from History of Japan)
Image 34Noh play at traditional Noh theatre (from Culture of Japan)
Image 35Map of the Kantō Plain (from Geography of Japan)
Image 36Mount Aso 4 pyroclastic flow and the spread of Aso 4 tephra (90,000 to 85,000 years ago). The pyroclastic flow reached almost the whole area of Kyushu, and volcanic ash was deposited of 15 cm in a wide area from Kyushu to southern Hokkaido. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 37The Empire of Japan at its peak in 1942:
   Territory (1870–1895)
   Acquisitions (1895–1930)
   Acquisitions (1930–1942)
(from History of Japan)
Image 38Wreckage at a railway station destroyed during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (from History of Japan)
Image 39Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192. This was the first military government in which the shogun with the samurai were the de facto rulers of Japan. (from History of Japan)
Image 40Relief map of the land and the seabed of Japan. It shows the surface and underwater terrain of the Japanese archipelago. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 41Extreme points of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 42A topographic map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 43Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu, Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 44Middle Jōmon vase (2000 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 45Portrait of Ashikaga Takauji who was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (from History of Japan)
Image 46Kinkaku-ji was built in 1397 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (from History of Japan)
Image 47Social structure of the Edo period (from History of Japan)
Image 48Buddhist temple of Horyu-ji is the oldest wooden structure in the world. It was commissioned by Prince Shotoku and represents the beginning of Buddhism in Japan. (from History of Japan)
Image 49The Daibutsu-den, within the complex of Tōdai-ji. This Buddhist temple was sponsored by the Imperial Court during the Nara period. (from History of Japan)
Image 50Kokin Wakashū, an early anthology of the waka form of Japanese poetry, National Treasure); early twelfth century; at the Tokyo National Museum (from Culture of Japan)
Image 51Guardian in Tōdai-ji, Nara (from Culture of Japan)
Image 52The word Nihon written in kanji (horizontal placement of characters). The text means "Japan" in Japanese. (from History of Japan)
Image 53A Köppen climate classification map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 54General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, at their first meeting, September 1945 (from History of Japan)
Image 55Samurai could kill a commoner for the slightest insult and were widely feared by the Japanese population. Edo period, 1798. (from History of Japan)
Image 56Winter with frozen coniferous trees near Mt. Kumano in the Mount Zaō range in Miyagi Prefecture (from Geography of Japan)
Image 57Map showing the territories of major daimyō families around 1570 CE (from History of Japan)
Image 58Shinano River in Niigata City (from Geography of Japan)
Image 59A Yayoi period bronze bell (dōtaku) of the 3rd century CE (from History of Japan)
Image 60The Japanese Empire in 1939 (from History of Japan)
Image 61Mount Fuji and sakura (cherry blossoms) are national symbols of Japan (from Culture of Japan)
Image 62Later Three-Year War in the 11th century. (from History of Japan)
Image 63Torii entrance gate at Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto (from Culture of Japan)
Image 64Dogū figurine of the late Jōmon period (1000–400 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 65The islands comprising the Japanese Archipelago were separated from the Asian continent by back-arc spreading (from Geography of Japan)
Image 66Japan's exclusive economic zones:
  Japan's EEZ
  Joint regime with Republic of Korea
  EEZ claimed by Japan, disputed by others
(from Geography of Japan)
Image 67Woman in kimono at Fukuoka City Hall. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 68Map depicts the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, Japan Trench, Izu–Ogasawara Trench and Mariana Trench (from Geography of Japan)
Image 69Taiheiyō Belt (from Geography of Japan)
Image 70Hōryū-ji is widely known to be the oldest wooden architecture existing in the world. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 71Territorial extent of Yamato court during the Kofun period (from History of Japan)
Image 72Planes from the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor (from History of Japan)
Image 73The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (from Geography of Japan)
Image 74Seto Inland Sea (from Geography of Japan)
Image 75US Secretary of State Dean Acheson signing the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 8 September 1951 (from History of Japan)
Image 76Samurai of the Satsuma Domain during the Boshin War (from History of Japan)
Image 77Prince Shōtoku was a semi-legendary regent of the Asuka period, and considered to be the first major sponsor of Buddhism in Japan. (from History of Japan)
Image 78Kabira Bay on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture in March (from Geography of Japan)
Image 79Pair of byōbu with a leopard, tiger and dragon by Kanō Sanraku. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 80The Nanpō Islands of the Japanese archipelago (from Geography of Japan)
Image 81Atomic cloud over Hiroshima, 1945 (from History of Japan)
Image 82Ritsurin Garden (from Culture of Japan)
Image 83Shigeru Yoshida was one of the longest serving PMs in Japanese history (1946–1947 and 1948–1954). (from History of Japan)
Image 84The Black Ship Portuguese traders that came from Goa and Macau once a year. (from History of Japan)
Image 85Sakura blossoms with Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture in April (from Geography of Japan)
Image 86Two students practicing kendo at Hiroshima University (from Culture of Japan)
Image 87Sea of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 88Cultural map of the world according to the World Values Survey, describing Japan as highest in the world in "Secular-Rational Values" (from Culture of Japan)

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07. Japanese Garden Pano, Cowra, NSW, 22.09.2006
2003 Mazda 6 (GG) Classic hatchback 01
Asahi Breweries headquarters building with the Asahi Flame and Skytree at blue hour with full moon, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Ase o fuku onna2
BUR-10b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-Five Cents ND (1942)
BUR-11a-Burma-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents ND (1942)
BUR-12a-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Quarter Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-13b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Half Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-14-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-15b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-Five Rupees ND (1942-44)
BUR-16-Japanese occupation Burma-10 rupees (1942-44)
BUR-17b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-100 Rupees ND (1944)
BUR-9b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Cent ND (1942)
Beijing Castle Boxer Rebellion 1900 FINAL
Bicycle crankset Shimano 105 R7000 (chainring 50-34, length 172.5mm, 11 speed)
Blind monks examining an elephant
Bloody Saturday, Shanghai
Comme des Garcons at the Met (62473)
Crested myna, Osaka, Japan
Daurian redstart at Daisen Park in Osaka, January 2016
Douglas MacArthur signs formal surrender
Extermination of Evil Tenkeisei
Forces returning 2
Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki (Oral statement by the American Navy admiral)
Golden gate of Ueno Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine, Tokyo, Japan
Great Wave off Kanagawa2
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - left hand screen
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - right hand screen
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. In his barracks home at Block 7 - 21 - NARA - 539206 - Restoration
Hiroshige II - Kishu kumano iwatake tori - Shokoku meisho hyakkei
HiroshimaPeaceMemorialPanorama-2
HoryujiYumedono0363edit4
ISS Aug2005
ISS March 2009
Instrument of surrender Japan2
JAPAN-10-Constitutional Monarchy-One Yen (1873)
JAPAN-M7-Tsingtao-10 Sen (1914)
Japan 1870 20 Yen (alt)
Japanese Squirrel edit2
Japanese archer 1878b
Japanese pygmy woodpecker in Sakai, Osaka, February 2016
Japanese white-eye at Tennōji Park in Osaka, January 2016 III
Japaneseweavera
Japanmakaken im Jigokudani Monkey Park bei der Fellpflege
Kabukicho red gate and colorful neon street signs at night, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Khalili Collections A Composite Imaginary View of Japan
Kiyonaga bathhouse women-2
Koku Saitcho shounin
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 01
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 02
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 03
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 04
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 05
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 06
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 07
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 08
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 09
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 10
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 11
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 12
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 13
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 14
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 15
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 16
MAL-M10b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-1000 Dollars ND (1945)
MAL-M1b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-One Cent ND (1942)
MAL-M2a-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-Five Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M3b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M4b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-50 Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M5c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-One Dollar ND (1942)
MAL-M6c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-Five Dollars ND (1942)
MAL-M7c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-10 Dollars ND (1944)
MAL-M8b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-100 Dollars ND (1944)
MAL-M9-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-100 Dollars ND (1945)
Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War
Manzanar calisthenics 0016u
Manzanar portrait Toyo Miyatake 00100u
Maresuke Nogi, 近世名士写真其1 - Photo only
Mazda RX-8 on freeway
NI-119b-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-1 Cent (1942)
NI-120c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-5 Cents (1942)
NI-121a-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents (1942)
NI-122b-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-half Gulden (1942)
NI-123-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-1 Gulden (1942)
NI-124c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-5 Gulden (1942)
NI-125c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-10 Gulden (1942)
Nagasakibomb
Nagoya Castle(Edit2)
Noru 2017-07-31 0415Z
OCE-1a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-Half Shilling ND (1942)
OCE-2a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Shilling ND (1942)
OCE-3a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-10 Shillings ND (1942)
OCE-4a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Pound ND (1942)
Ogata Gekko - Ryu sho ten edit
Olympus E-M1 Mark III Zuiko 12-100mm
PHI-102b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Centavo (1942)
PHI-103b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Centavos (1942)
PHI-104b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Centavos (1942)
PHI-105b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-50 Centavos (1942)
PHI-106-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Peso (1942)
PHI-107A-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Pesos (1942)
PHI-108-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Pesos (1942)
PHI-109-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Peso (1943)
PHI-110-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Pesos (1943)
PHI-111-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Pesos (1943)
PHI-112-Japanese Government (Philippines)-100 Pesos (1944)
PHI-114-Japanese Government (Philippines)-500 Pesos (1944)
PHI-115-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1000 Pesos (1945)
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, larger - edit1
Red Fuji southern wind clear morning
Rhinogobius flumineus(Hamamatsu,Shizuoka,Japan)
STS-134 International Space Station after undocking
Samurai with sword
Sesshu - Haboku-Sansui - complete
Shimano Hyperglide cassette 8-speed CS-HG51 11-32
Shoki2
Somagahana Fuchiemon restored
Suikoden
The Illustration of The Siberian War, No. 16. The Japanese Army Occupied Vragaeschensk
The brown-eared bulbul after playing with water
Torii path with lantern at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
Two Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow
USS Bunker Hill hit by two Kamikazes
Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses

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07. Japanese Garden Pano, Cowra, NSW, 22.09.2006
2003 Mazda 6 (GG) Classic hatchback 01
Asahi Breweries headquarters building with the Asahi Flame and Skytree at blue hour with full moon, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Ase o fuku onna2
BUR-10b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-Five Cents ND (1942)
BUR-11a-Burma-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents ND (1942)
BUR-12a-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Quarter Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-13b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Half Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-14-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-15b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-Five Rupees ND (1942-44)
BUR-16-Japanese occupation Burma-10 rupees (1942-44)
BUR-17b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-100 Rupees ND (1944)
BUR-9b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Cent ND (1942)
Beijing Castle Boxer Rebellion 1900 FINAL
Bicycle crankset Shimano 105 R7000 (chainring 50-34, length 172.5mm, 11 speed)
Blind monks examining an elephant
Bloody Saturday, Shanghai
Comme des Garcons at the Met (62473)
Crested myna, Osaka, Japan
Daurian redstart at Daisen Park in Osaka, January 2016
Douglas MacArthur signs formal surrender
Extermination of Evil Tenkeisei
Forces returning 2
Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki (Oral statement by the American Navy admiral)
Geisha Kyoto Gion
Geisha-kyoto-2004-11-21
Golden gate of Ueno Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine, Tokyo, Japan
Great Wave off Kanagawa2
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - left hand screen
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - right hand screen
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. In his barracks home at Block 7 - 21 - NARA - 539206 - Restoration
Hiroshige II - Kishu kumano iwatake tori - Shokoku meisho hyakkei
HiroshimaPeaceMemorialPanorama-2
HoryujiYumedono0363edit4
ISS Aug2005