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Civil war erupts in Japan which is split among feudal lords (daimyo)
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Christianity comes to Japan through Jesuit missionaries.
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Ieyasu bans Christianity from Japan
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1914 - 1918 World War I - Japan declared war on Germany
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Japan entered World War 2 by occupying the northern part of French Indochina
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7 December: Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii