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Japan adopts Buddhism from the Chinese. Buddhism becomes on of the main ways of life in Japan.
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Japanese Shogun's (SHO-GOONS) successfully defend Japan from the Chinese invaders.
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U.S Commadore Mathew Perry enters Japan and demands they trade with the U.S. Japan accepts trade offers until later conflicts with the U.S.
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Under Emperor Meiji's rule, Japan becomes wealthy and powerful, winning wars against China and Russia
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Japan takes over the Korean peninsula, until 1945 when the U.S decreases their numbers, then Korea takes the peninsula back.
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The Great Kanto Earthquake occurs destroying Tokyo and Yokohama. Over 140,000 die.
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Hirohito (A.K.A Emperor Showa) becomes the new emperor. He was accused of "war crimes" and persecuted.
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Japan invades Manchuria, China. 1937 the war against china starts. Later the remanents of this war spark the flame that starts WWII.
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Japan becomes an ally of Germeny and Italy in WWII. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, U.S later bombs Japan.
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Japan is attacked by the U.S who drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was the first and latest use of nuclear weapons in wartime.
