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Russian and Japanese establish relations
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japanese civil war
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The final demise of Tokugawa shogunate (military government)
Ending of the Edo (Tokugawa) period -
Meiji Restoration
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Wave of Westernization
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First Newspaper
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Nintendo Founded
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Japanese Trade of Chinese Mainland
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japan goes to war with china and wins
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A law code based on the German one is adopted
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japan is first asian country to defeat a europe power when it defeats russia
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Japan annexes Korea
Ends Choson period in Korea -
Taro Katsura founds a political party, the Doshikai
Later renamed Kenseikai and then Minseito) -
japan joins world war I on Britain's side
