General Japanese Information
There have been many basic eras in Japan all the way from the early BC years. These eras are: Jômon Period: 10,000-300 B.C., Yayoi Period: 300 B.C.-200 B.C, Tomb Period: 250-500 AD, Asuka Period: 500-710, (all previous dates are estimates) Nara Period: 710-784, Heian Period: 794-1191, Kamakura Period: 1192-1333, Muromachi Period: 1334-1573 (A.K.A. Ashikaga Period), Tokugawa Period: 1603-1867 (A.K.A. Edo Period), Meiji Period 1867-1912, Taishô Period 1912-1926, Shôwa Period 1926-1989 and finally the Heisei Period 1989-present. Japan is a highly urbanized nation that became industrialized much faster than most Asian nations, including China, as well as most eastern European nations and some western European nations. The largest city is Tokyo, formerly known as Edo, and the second largest city is Osaka, about 40 miles away from the capital. Nagasaki, on the south island is the biggest p
Japan also signs a mutual security treaty with the United States· 1955 - Liberal Democratic Party established. Japan is one of, if not the, most competitive trading nation with the United States due to the variety of industry and first world jobs that go on their. "At some deep level, there is a desire for Japan to be quaint, traditional, and exotic, like a proper "Asiatic" country. Maintains a majority in the Japanese Diet until 1993· 1964 - Japan joins the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)· 1973 - First oil crisis (to 1974)· mid 1980's - Economy surges resulting in a "bubble" of speculative investment and loans· 1988 - A 3% consumption tax is instituted· 1999 - The rising sun flag and the hinomaru anthem are officially declared legal symbols of Japan· 2000 - Unemployment rate reaches an all-time high of 4. His son Yoshihito ascends to the throne marking the beginning of the Taisho period · 1914-1918 - During WWI, Japan sides with the "Allies"; seizes German island colonies in the Pacific and German concessions in the Shandong peninsula· 1919 - Japan wins German concessions in China and the Pacific from the Treaty of Versailles, but its request for inclusion of a racial equality clause is denied· 1924 - Japan Communist Party disbanded and re-organized underground in 1926· 1925 - Universal suffrage for men. 9%BIBLIOGRAPHY"A modern history of Japan. · 1904- 1905 - Russo-Japanese War. Fundamental civil liberties granted. Orientalist values, thought sometimes to be aged and out of date, still have deep roots in the Japanese culture and government.
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