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On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other.
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Ichiriki Teahouse ia the best known teahouse in all of Japan.It has a quiet history ,partly because of a famous Samurai that hid himself in the early 1700s.(Forty-seven Ronin)
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47 Ronin is a legendary story that began in 1701.
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Under Emperor Meiji, Japan becomes wealthy and powerful. The country wins wars against China and Russia.
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"Boxer Uprising, 1898–1900, antiforeign movement in China, culminating in a desperate uprising against Westerners and Western influence. "
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Nobu had been severly injured in a bombing outside Seoul in 1910,at the time KOrea was being annnexed to Japan.
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(Korean War) Korea was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the closing days of World War II.
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"Mexican revolution begins; Francisco Madero publishes his manifesto La sucesión presidencial en 1910."
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The League of nations was found in January 10,1920. The league of nations mission was to maintain world peace.
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In the early 1920s, the japan began its first international advertising campaign. The poster showed Mameha as an apprentice Geisha. It also displayed the description of "Come and visit the land of the rising sun" in many different languages.
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Based on pg 126, Chiyo was planning to escape with her sister but it didn't work . Mameha looked at the fortune telling for that day and told her that she wouln't escape ,but her sister would manage to escape.
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"The Wall Street Crash of 1929, is the stock-market crash that occurred starts on October 28th and started the period of The Great Depression in the United States, starting a world-wide economic crisis and lasting till the mid 30's. "
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Iwamura electric had celebrated its twentieth anniversary in April of 1931.
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"On September 18, 1931 Japan launched an attack on Manchuria. Within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several strategic points in South Manchuria"
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Granny had a yellow neck and that was due to China clay that she used. China clay turned out to be poisonous Even during the early ear of World War II, you could see old women on the streets of Gion with sagging yellow necks.
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During this period, in 1935, a new goverment had recently come to power in Germany. Japan was moving away from the U.S. during those years and was eager to make a good impression on the new German Ambassor.
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Japan invades China.
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Based on pg 296 ,Sayuri said," The only parties I managed to convinced myself that my life might still have some purpose where the ones atternded by military men.Already in 1938, we'd all grown accustomed to daily reports about the war in Manchuria..For several generations,army and navy officers had come to Gion to relax...".
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Firebombing of Tokyo.
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The firebombing in Tokyo killed Raiha and also killed the great sumo wresler Miyagiyama.
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The war ended in August 1945.The country was not just defeated but destroyed also.
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"Having agreed in principle to unconditional surrender on August 14, 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II. "