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The first capital of Japan is created in the city of Nara.
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Emperor Kammu orders the capital to changed to Hein-Kyo which is the modern day Kyoto. It stays like this for the next 1000 years.
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Minamoto clan seizes power and create a 'new capital city' Kamakura, and a series of shoguns rule for the next 700 years.
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The Mongal army attack and land on the island of Kyushu, only to fail.
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The Mongol army attacks a second time on Japan, landing on the island of Kyushu. It failed again.
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Emperor Go-Daigo takes back from the Shogun period and is leader for a brief time.
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Ashikaga Takauji seizes power and becomes the new Shogun.
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A period of Civil war lasts about 100 years, begins in Japan against Warlords.
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William Adams becomes the first Englishman to visit Japan. He becomes friends with Tokugawa Leyasu ( a future shogun ) and becomes a key adviser to him.
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Tokugawa Leyasu becomes Shogun and establishes a base in Edo (JAPAN!!) and the Shogunate rules for the next 260 years.
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Tokugawa introduces a new policy as Sakoku which means no one can enter or leave Japan. This stays as this rule until around 1853.
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A policy introduced to reduce the logging of trees.
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Timber harvesting in Japan reduced by 60 percent to let forests recover.
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US Naval Traveller officer arrives in Japan to persuade the Japanese to open their borders to trade.
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The Japanese put an end to the sakoku and open their borders to trade with the US.
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu steps down and hands the power back to the Family of Emperor Meiji.