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In 100 B.C., rice and iron are imported into Japan by the migration of Yayoi.
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Shintoism becomes the national religion in 0 A.D.
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In the year 200, sushi is invented.
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In the year 500, Japan adppts the Chinese alphabet.
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The military class (Samurai) rises.
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A civil war, called the Omnin war, erupts in Japan and Japan is spplit among feudal lords, which is called daimyo.
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Mt. Fuji erupts.
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The USA makes Japan sign a trade agreement that reopenws Japan to foreigners after two centuries.
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Russia and Japan establish diplomatic relations.
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The yen begins.
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The polpulation of Japan is 44 million.
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It shows Japan's rights in Korea and Britain's rights in China.
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Japan starts a secret program of naval reconstruction.
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Japan attacts the USA in Pearl Harbor.
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The USA drops two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasakia, and World War II ends.
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The first Japanese car is sold in the USA
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An earthquake and tsunami kills 18,800 people and causes a nuclear diaster in Fukushima.
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In the year 593, Prince Shotoku of the Soga clan ruls Japan and promotes Buddhism.
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The emperor moves the capital to Nagaoka.
