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538/552: Buddhism is introduced to Japan

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593: The first Buddhist temple in Japan is built

794: The capital of Japan moves from Nara to Kyoto

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ca. 1008: The Tale of Genji is written

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1192: The first Shogun, Yoritomo, is appointed

1543: The Portuguese introduce firearms to Japan

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1581: Yasuke becomes the first Black samurai

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1592:
Japan invades Korea

1639: Japan isolates itself from trade with the West

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1707: Mount Fuji erupts

1868: The start of the Meiji Restoration

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1871: Feudalism is abolished in Japan

1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War

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1939: World War II begins

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1945: The US drops atomic bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

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1956: Japan becomes a member of the United Nations

1995: Kobe earthquake

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2011: 9.0 earthquake and tsunami hit the coast of the Tōhoku region