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Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the four main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, and Kyushu. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.

The Japanese archipelago has been inhabited since the Upper Paleolithic (30,000 BC). Between the fourth and ninth centuries AD, the kingdoms of the region became unified under an emperor and the imperial court based in Heian-kyō. Beginning in the 12th century, political power was held by a series of military dictators (shōgun) and feudal lords (daimyō), and enforced by a class of warrior nobility (samurai). After a century-long period of civil war, the country was reunified in 1603 under the Tokugawa shogunate, which enacted an isolationist foreign policy. In 1854, a United States fleet forced Japan to open trade to the West, which led to the end of the shogunate and the restoration of imperial power in 1868. In the Meiji period, the Empire of Japan adopted a Western-modeled constitution, and pursued a program of industrialization and modernization. Amidst a rise in militarism and overseas colonization, Japan invaded China in 1937 and entered World War II as an Axis power in 1941. After suffering defeat in the Pacific War and two atomic bombings, Japan surrendered in 1945 and came under a seven-year Allied occupation, during which it adopted a new constitution.

Under the 1947 constitution, Japan has maintained a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature, the National Diet. Japan is a highly developed country and a great power, with one of the largest economies by nominal GDP. Japan has renounced its right to declare war, though it maintains a self-defense force that ranks as one of the world's strongest militaries. A global leader in the automotive, robotics, and electronics industries, the country has made significant contributions to science and technology, and is one of the world's largest exporters and importers. It is part of multiple major international and intergovernmental institutions. Japan has over 125 million inhabitants and is the 11th most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its highly urbanized population on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Japan has one of the world's longest life expectancies but is experiencing a population decline due to its very low birth rate. A cultural superpower, Japan's culture is well known around the world, including its art, cuisine, film, music, and popular culture, which encompasses prominent manga, anime, and video game industries. (Full article...)

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The Shinano River in Niigata just before it flows into the Sea of Japan

The Shinano River (信濃川, Shinano-gawa), known as the Chikuma River (千曲川, Chikuma-gawa) in its upper reaches, is the longest and widest river in Japan and the third largest by basin area (behind the Tone River and Ishikari River). It is located in northeastern Honshu, rising in the Japanese Alps and flowing generally northeast through Nagano and Niigata Prefectures before emptying into the Sea of Japan. It is designated as a Class A river. (Full article...)

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Image 1
Japanese battleship Yamato
Image: Alexpl
A line drawing of the Japanese battleship Yamato, the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, she was launched on 8 August 1940 and served as the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet in 1942.
Image 2
Tsingtao occupation money
Banknote design credit: Bank of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva
This picture shows a ten-sen banknote, in use during the 1914–1922 Japanese occupation of Tsingtao (Qingdao), China, as part of the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I. Issued by the Bank of Japan, the currency was based on the silver standard. This banknote, dated 1914, is in the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

Before the outbreak of World War I, German naval ships were located in the Pacific; Tsingtao developed into a major seaport while the surrounding Kiautschou Bay area was leased to Germany since 1898. During the war, Japanese and British Allied troops besieged the port in 1914 before capturing it from the German and Austro-Hungarian Central Powers, occupying the city and the surrounding region. It served as a base for the exploitation of the natural resources of Shandong province and northern China, and a "New City District" was established to furnish the Japanese colonists with commercial sections and living quarters. Tsingtao eventually reverted to Chinese rule by 1922.
Image 3
Japanese government-issued currency in the Dutch East Indies
Banknotes: Empire of Japan. Reproduction: National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution
The Japanese-issued Netherlands Indies gulden was the currency issued by the Japanese Empire when it occupied the Dutch East Indies during World War II. Following the Dutch capitulation in March 1942, the Japanese closed all banks, seized assets and currency, and assumed control of the economy in the territory. They began issuing military banknotes, as had previously been done in other occupied territories. These were printed in Japan, but retained the name of the pre-war currency and replaced the Dutch gulden at par. From 1943 the military banknotes were replaced by identical bank-issued notes printed within the territory, and the currency was renamed the roepiah from 1944. The currency was replaced by the Indonesian rupiah in 1946, one year after the Japanese surrender and the country's independence.

This note, denominated half gulden, is part of the 1942 series.

See other denominations: One cent · Five cents · Ten cents · Half gulden · One gulden, Five gulden, Ten gulden
Image 4
Plum Park in Kameido
Print: Hiroshige
Plum Park in Kameido is a woodblock print in the ukiyo-e genre by the Japanese artist Hiroshige. It was published in 1857 as the thirtieth print in the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series and depicts Prunus mume trees in bloom. Popular prints such as Plum Park in Kameido were produced in the tens of thousands at a low individual cost. After the opening up of Japan in 1853, they found a following in Europe, where they had a significant influence on the Impressionist artists such as Vincent van Gogh.

See Van Gogh's derivative version
Image 5
Asahi Breweries
Photograph credit: Basile Morin
Asahi Breweries is a Japanese global beer, spirits, soft drinks and food business group. This photograph, taken during the blue hour with a full moon, shows the headquarters of Asahi Breweries in Sumida, Tokyo, as viewed from the wharf on the Sumida River near Azuma Bridge. The Asahi Beer Hall, topped by the Asahi Flame, designed by Philippe Starck, is visible on the right, with the Tokyo Skytree in the background on the left.
Image 6
Utamaro
Credit: Kitagawa Utamaro
Ase o fuku onna (woman wiping sweat), 1798, a ukiyo-e print created by Kitagawa Utamaro.
Image 7
Islands of Japan
Credit: NASA
The four main islands of Japan are shown clearly off the coast of North Korea and South Korea, China and Russia in this true-color image. Running down through the islands are a string of mountains that make up part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
Image 8
36 Views of Mount Fuji (Hokusai)
Credit: Hokusai
Hokusai's South Wind, Clear Sky (also known as Red Fuji), from his seminal work 36 Views of Mount Fuji, is one of the most iconic representations of the Japanese style of art known as ukiyo-e.
Image 9
Siege of Osaka
Painting credit: unknown
The siege of Osaka was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in the clan's dissolution. Divided into two stages (the winter campaign and the summer campaign), and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment. This eight-metre-long (26 ft) painting, titled The Summer Battle of Osaka Castle and executed on a Japanese folding screen, illustrates Osaka Castle under siege, and was commissioned by the daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa, who took a team of painters with him to the battlefield to record the event. The painting depicts 5071 people and 21 generals, and is held in the collection of Osaka Castle.
Image 10
Prunus serrulata
Credit: Kropsoq
Prunus serrulata (Japanese Cherry) is a species of cherry native to Japan, Korea and China. Its flowers are produced in clusters of two to five together at nodes on short spurs in spring. They are white to pink, with five petals in the wild type tree.
Image 11
Siberian Intervention
Image: Shobido & Co.; Restoration: Adam Cuerden
A Japanese lithograph depicting the capture of Blagoveshchensk, Siberia, by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Siberian Intervention, part of a larger effort by the western powers and Japan to support White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army during the Russian Civil War. The Allied invasion took place in August 1918, and Japanese troops remained in Russia until October 1922.
Image 12
Hiroshige II
Credit: Hiroshige II
Kishū kumano iwatake tori (Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishu), 1860, a ukiyo-e print created by Hiroshige II. It is part of the series "100 Famous Views of Japan".
Image 13
Japanese government-issued rupee in Burma
Banknote design credit: Empire of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva
The Japanese government-issued rupee in Burma was Japanese invasion money issued as a replacement for the local currency during the Japanese occupation of Burma in the Second World War. Like most Japanese colonial currency from this period, a letter code was used on the notes; the first or top letter "B" indicates that the note was printed in and issued for the State of Burma; the second letter or letters indicate the block (or printing batch) of the note. The higher-value notes depict Ananda Temple in Bagan on the obverse. This half-rupee banknote is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

Other denominations:
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000E-QINU`"'

* 1 cent
* 5 cents
* 10 cents
*
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000F-QINU`"'
1⁄4 rupee
* 1 rupee
* 5 rupees
* 10 rupees
* 100 rupees
Image 14
Japanese government-issued dollar in Malaya and Borneo
Banknote design credit: Empire of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva
The Japanese government-issued dollar was a form of currency issued between 1942 and 1945 for use within the territories of Singapore, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei, under occupation by Imperial Japan during World War II. The currency, informally referred to as "banana money", was released solely in the form of banknotes, as metals were considered essential to the war effort. The languages used on the notes were reduced to English and Japanese. Each note bears a different obverse and reverse design, but all have a similar layout, and were marked with stamped block letters that begin with "M" for "Malaya". This 1942 ten-cent Japanese-issued banknote is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

Other denominations:
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000010-QINU`"'
Image 15
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies registration card
Document: Japanese occupation government; scan by the National Archives of the Netherlands
A registration card for Louis Wijnhamer (1904–1975), an ethnic Dutch humanitarian who was captured soon after the Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies in March 1942. Prior to the occupation, many ethnic Europeans had refused to leave, expecting the Japanese occupation government to keep a Dutch administration in place. When Japanese troops took control of government infrastructure and services such as ports and postal services, 100,000 European (and some Chinese) civilians were interned in prisoner-of-war camps where the death rates were between 13 and 30 per cent. Wijnhamer was interned in a series of camps throughout Southeast Asia and, after the surrender of Japan, returned to what was now Indonesia, where he lived until his death.
Image 16
Lake Ashi
Credit: Kentagon
Lake Ashi is a crater lake in Hakone, Kanagawa. The lake is known for its views of Mount Fuji and its hot springs.
Image 17
Boxer Rebellion
Credit: Torajirō Kasai
A 1900 print depicting a battle between allied English and Japanese troops against Chinese combatants at Beijing Castle during the Boxer Rebellion.

On this day...

June 27:

Events

1180 - Fukuhara capital is relocated.
1467 - Onin turbulence happens in Kyoto.
1849 - The first international yacht race occurred.
1869 - The Boshin War ended, Enomoto Takeaki from Hakodate was surrendered in Goryokaku.
1871 - New Huo Tiao is promulgated, their monetary unit is the Yen and Qian Lin. On this day, it is by gold standard. Its designation is in "circle", "Qian", and "phosphorus" in decimals. The old one was converted to gold 1.5g to 1 Yen.
1882 - The Bank of Japan is established.
1915 - Kitazawa Rakuten, Okamoto Ippei and several others hold the first Manga Festival in Chōfu, Tokyo.
1949 - The repatriation of Japanese soldiers from the former Soviet Union begins with the first ship landing at Maizuru.
1964 - The National Summer Sports Festival is cancelled due to a strong earthquake in Niigata.
1972 - The Supreme Court of Japan recognizes a right to sunlight, which limits builders from building in such a way as to block the amount of sunlight received by residential homes.
1994 - Seven people die in the Matsumoto sarin incident. Later it is discovered that the Aum Shinrikyō is responsible.
1994 - The yen trades at 100 yen to the dollar for the first time and finishes the day at 99.93 yen to the dollar.

Births

1850 - Lafcadio Hearn (d. 1904), Greek-Japanese historian and author
1982 - Takeru Shibaki, actor and voice actor
1992 - Tsubasa Honda, actress

Film and television

2015 - Chasuke's Journey, a comedy film starring Ken'ichi Matsuyama
2015 - Love & Peace, a tokusatsu fantasy drama film starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Kumiko Asō, and Kiyohiko Shibukawa

In the news

20 June 2024 –: The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces sanctions on firms based in China, India, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, for their alleged support to Russia in the Russo–Ukrainian war. (Al Jazeera)
30 May 2024 – North Korea and weapons of mass destruction: North Korea launches a series of short-range ballistic missiles from Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan. (Al Jazeera)

Selected quote –

“

I only included things that everybody likes, like violence, flowers, children, women, friendship and death.

”

— Tomonobu Itagaki, video game designer

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Selected biography –

Kusumoto Ine (楠本イネ, 31 May 1827 – 27 August 1903; born Shiimoto Ine 失本稲) was a Japanese physician. She was the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan.

She was the daughter of Kusumoto Taki, who was a courtesan from Nagasaki; and the German physician Philipp Franz von Siebold, who worked on Dejima, an island foreigners were restricted to during Japan's long period of seclusion from the world. Ine was also known as O-Ine and later in life took the name Itoku (伊篤). In Japanese she is often called Oranda O-Ine ("Dutch O-Ine") for her association with Dejima and its Dutch-language Western learning. (Full article...)

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Selected prefecture –

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka. The prefecture was previously divided into Tōtōmi Province, Suruga Province and Izu Province. The most noted history of the prefecture is that it was once home to the first Tokugawa Shōgun. The region was held by Tokugawa Ieyasu until he conquered the lands of the Hōjō clan in the Kantō region and gave his lands to the stewardship of Oda Nobunaga. After becoming shōgun Tokugawa took the land back for his family, particularly putting the area around modern-day Shizuoka city under direct shogunal supervision. It once again became the residence of the Tokugawa family after 1868, with the creation of Shizuoka han. Shizuoka Prefecture is an elongated region following the coast of the Pacific Ocean at the Suruga Bay. In the west, the prefecture extends deep into the Japan Alps, while farther east it becomes a narrower coast bounded on the north by Mount Fuji, until it comes to the Izu Peninsula, a popular resort area pointing south into the Pacific. Every 100–150 years, an earthquake of disastrous proportions called the Tokai Earthquake occurs in the Shizuoka Prefecture. The previous earthquake was in 1854.

Did you know... –

... that the Yūshūkan (pictured), a Japanese military and war museum owned and operated by Yasukuni Shrine, has been at the center of an international controversy?

... that during the Japanese conquest of Burma in 1942, the heavily defended Taukkyan Roadblock was unexpectedly abandoned overnight, allowing the Allied forces to escape safely from Rangoon?

... that AfterEllen.com praised the yaoi manga series The Moon and the Sandals for illustrating "the challenges gay men face in Japanese society"?

... that Japanese theoretical physicist Kazuhiko Nishijima is well-known for developing the concept of strangeness in particle physics?

... that the 1946 earthquake in Nankaidō caused a 6-meter (20-ft) tsunami that destroyed 2,100 homes?

General images

The following are images from various Japan-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1US Secretary of State Dean Acheson signing the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 8 September 1951 (from History of Japan)
Image 2A topographic map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 3A vase from the early Jōmon period (11000–7000 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 4Vegetation during the Last Glacial Maximum (16,000 BCE) (from Geography of Japan)
Image 5Amida Buddha, Kōtoku-in (from Culture of Japan)
Image 6Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. (from History of Japan)
Image 7Kobe Airport in Osaka Bay (from Geography of Japan)
Image 8Sakura blossoms with Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture in April (from Geography of Japan)
Image 9Map showing the territories of major daimyō families around 1570 CE (from History of Japan)
Image 10Sea of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 11Japan in 1582, showing territory conquered by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in gray (from History of Japan)
Image 12Izu Islands south of Tokyo (from Geography of Japan)
Image 13Dogū figurine of the late Jōmon period (1000–400 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 14A handscroll painting dated c. 1130, illustrating a scene from the "Bamboo River" chapter of The Tale of Genji (from History of Japan)
Image 15A Yayoi period bronze bell (dōtaku) of the 3rd century AD (from History of Japan)
Image 16The Japanese Empire in 1939 (from History of Japan)
Image 17Atomic cloud over Hiroshima, 1945 (from History of Japan)
Image 18Ukiyo-e based on kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, by Utagawa Kunimasa (from Culture of Japan)
Image 19Japanese archipelago with outlined islands (from Geography of Japan)
Image 20Shigeru Yoshida was one of the longest serving PMs in Japanese history (1946–1947 and 1948–1954). (from History of Japan)
Image 21Hōryū-ji is widely known to be the oldest wooden architecture existing in the world. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 22Extreme points of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 23Portrait of Ashikaga Takauji who was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (from History of Japan)
Image 24Planes from the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor (from History of Japan)
Image 25Seto Inland Sea (from Geography of Japan)
Image 26Lake Tōya and Shōwa-shinzan in Shikotsu-Tōya National Park (from Geography of Japan)
Image 27Japan's exclusive economic zones:
  Japan's EEZ
  Joint regime with Republic of Korea
  EEZ claimed by Japan, disputed by others
(from Geography of Japan)
Image 28Emperor Meiji, the 122nd Emperor of Japan (from History of Japan)
Image 29Woman in kimono at Fukuoka City Hall (from Culture of Japan)
Image 30Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu, Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 31The word Nihon written in kanji (horizontal placement of characters). The text means "Japan" in Japanese. (from History of Japan)
Image 32Mount Yari, Nagano Prefecture in August (from Geography of Japan)
Image 33The Daibutsu-den, within the complex of Tōdai-ji. This Buddhist temple was sponsored by the Imperial Court during the Nara period. (from History of Japan)
Image 34The summit of Mount Fuji is the highest point in Japan. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 35Relief map of the land and the seabed of Japan. It shows the surface and underwater terrain of the Japanese archipelago. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 36Pair of byōbu with a leopard, tiger and dragon by Kanō Sanraku (from Culture of Japan)
Image 37Torii entrance gate at Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto (from Culture of Japan)
Image 38Newly-wed Emperor Naruhito, then Crown Prince, wearing a sokutai and Empress Masako, then-Crown Princess, wearing a jūnihitoe. Costumes of these styles have been worn by the Imperial family since the Heian period, when a unique Japanese style developed. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 39Samurai could kill a commoner for the slightest insult and were widely feared by the Japanese population. Edo period, 1798 (from History of Japan)
Image 40Kabira Bay on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture in March (from Geography of Japan)
Image 41Traditional breakfast at a ryokan (from Culture of Japan)
Image 42Wreckage at a railway station destroyed during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami (from History of Japan)
Image 43
Chinese generals surrendering to the Japanese in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)
(from History of Japan)
Image 44Guardian in Tōdai-ji, Nara (from Culture of Japan)
Image 45Ritsurin Garden (from Culture of Japan)
Image 46Taiheiyō Belt (from Geography of Japan)
Image 47Mount Aso 4 pyroclastic flow and the spread of Aso 4 tephra (90,000 to 85,000 years ago). The pyroclastic flow reached almost the whole area of Kyushu, and volcanic ash was deposited of 15 cm in a wide area from Kyushu to southern Hokkaido. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 48Samurai of the Satsuma Domain during the Boshin War (from History of Japan)
Image 49General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, at their first meeting, September 1945 (from History of Japan)
Image 50Tokyo in 2010 (from History of Japan)
Image 51Territorial extent of Yamato court during the Kofun period (from History of Japan)
Image 52A map of Japan's major cities, main towns and selected smaller centers (from Geography of Japan)
Image 53Regions and prefectures of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 54Middle Jōmon vase (2000 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 55Noh play at traditional Noh theatre (from Culture of Japan)
Image 56The Black Ship Portuguese traders that came from Goa and Macau once a year (from History of Japan)
Image 57The Kuril Islands, with their Russian names. The borders of the Treaty of Shimoda (1855) and the Treaty of St. Petersburg (1875) are shown in red. Currently, all islands northeast of Hokkaido are administered by Russia. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 58Mount Fuji and sakura (cherry blossoms) are national symbols of Japan. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 59A map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 60Daisenryō Kofun, Osaka (from History of Japan)
Image 61The Ryukyu Islands administered by Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture (from Geography of Japan)
Image 62
Edo period screen depicting the Battle of Sekigahara. It began on 21 October 1600, with a total of 160,000 men facing each other.
(from History of Japan)
Image 63A Köppen climate classification map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 64Kokin Wakashū, an early anthology of the waka form of Japanese poetry, National Treasure; early twelfth century; at the Tokyo National Museum (from Culture of Japan)
Image 65Sakurajima eruption on October 3, 2009 (from Geography of Japan)
Image 66Shinano River in Niigata City (from Geography of Japan)
Image 67Japan (Iapam) and Korea, in the 1568 Portuguese map of the cartographer João Vaz Dourado (from History of Japan)
Image 68The Nanpō Islands of the Japanese archipelago (from Geography of Japan)
Image 69Japanese experts inspect the scene of the alleged railway sabotage on South Manchurian Railway that led to the Mukden Incident and the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. (from History of Japan)
Image 70Tectonic map of Japan (French) (from Geography of Japan)
Image 71The islands comprising the Japanese Archipelago were separated from the Asian continent by back-arc spreading. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 72Miniature model of the ancient capital Heian-kyō (from History of Japan)
Image 73Map of the Kantō Plain (from Geography of Japan)
Image 74Jesus statue in Yokohama (from Culture of Japan)
Image 75Later Three-Year War in the 11th century (from History of Japan)
Image 76Kinkaku-ji was built in 1397 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. (from History of Japan)
Image 77The map depicts the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, Japan Trench, Izu–Ogasawara Trench, and Mariana Trench. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 78Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192. This was the first military government in which the shogun with the samurai were the de facto rulers of Japan. (from History of Japan)
Image 79Fumie Hihara playing the shamisen, Guimet Museum, Paris (from Culture of Japan)
Image 80Winter with frozen coniferous trees near Mt. Kumano in the Mount Zaō range in Miyagi Prefecture (from Geography of Japan)
Image 81Prince Shōtoku was a semi-legendary regent of the Asuka period, and considered to be the first major sponsor of Buddhism in Japan. (from History of Japan)
Image 82Aerial view of Lake Biwa (from Geography of Japan)
Image 83The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (from Geography of Japan)
Image 84The Empire of Japan at its peak in 1942:
   Territory (1870–1895)
   Acquisitions (1895–1930)
   Acquisitions (1930–1942)
(from History of Japan)
Image 85Buddhist temple of Hōryū-ji is the oldest wooden structure in the world. It was commissioned by Prince Shotoku and represents the beginning of Buddhism in Japan. (from History of Japan)
Image 86Two students practicing kendo at Hiroshima University (from Culture of Japan)
Image 87A social hierarchy chart based on old academic theories. Such hierarchical diagrams were removed from Japanese textbooks after various studies in the 1990s revealed that peasants, craftsmen, and merchants were in fact equal and merely social categories. Successive shoguns held the highest or near-highest court ranks, higher than most court nobles. (from History of Japan)
Image 88Reconstruction of a Jōmon family from the Sannai-Maruyama Site (from History of Japan)

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BUR-12a-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Quarter Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-13b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Half Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-14-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-15b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-Five Rupees ND (1942-44)
BUR-16-Japanese occupation Burma-10 rupees (1942-44)
BUR-17b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-100 Rupees ND (1944)
BUR-9b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Cent ND (1942)
Beijing Castle Boxer Rebellion 1900 FINAL
Bicycle crankset Shimano 105 R7000 (chainring 50-34, length 172.5mm, 11 speed)
Blind monks examining an elephant
Bloody Saturday, Shanghai
Comme des Garcons at the Met (62473)
Crested myna, Osaka, Japan
Daurian redstart at Daisen Park in Osaka, January 2016
Douglas MacArthur signs formal surrender
Extermination of Evil Tenkeisei
Forces returning 2
Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki (Oral statement by the American Navy admiral)
Golden gate of Ueno Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine, Tokyo, Japan
Great Wave off Kanagawa2
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - left hand screen
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - right hand screen
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. In his barracks home at Block 7 - 21 - NARA - 539206 - Restoration
Hiroshige II - Kishu kumano iwatake tori - Shokoku meisho hyakkei
HiroshimaPeaceMemorialPanorama-2
HoryujiYumedono0363edit4
Hyochangwon as Korea's first golf course
ISS Aug2005
ISS March 2009
Instrument of surrender Japan2
JAPAN-10-Constitutional Monarchy-One Yen (1873)
JAPAN-M7-Tsingtao-10 Sen (1914)
Japan 1870 20 Yen (alt)
Japanese Squirrel edit2
Japanese archer 1878b
Japanese pygmy woodpecker in Sakai, Osaka, February 2016
Japanese white-eye at Tennōji Park in Osaka, January 2016 III
Japaneseweavera
Japanmakaken im Jigokudani Monkey Park bei der Fellpflege
Kabukicho red gate and colorful neon street signs at night, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Khalili Collections A Composite Imaginary View of Japan
Kiyonaga bathhouse women-2
Koku Saitcho shounin
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 01
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 02
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 03
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 04
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 05
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 06
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 07
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 08
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 09
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 10
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 11
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 12
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 13
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 14
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 15
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 16
MAL-M10b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-1000 Dollars ND (1945)
MAL-M1b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-One Cent ND (1942)
MAL-M2a-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-Five Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M3b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M4b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-50 Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M5c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-One Dollar ND (1942)
MAL-M6c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-Five Dollars ND (1942)
MAL-M7c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-10 Dollars ND (1944)
MAL-M8b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-100 Dollars ND (1944)
MAL-M9-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-100 Dollars ND (1945)
Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War
Manzanar calisthenics 0016u
Manzanar portrait Toyo Miyatake 00100u
Maresuke Nogi, 近世名士写真其1 - Photo only
Mazda RX-8 on freeway
NI-119b-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-1 Cent (1942)
NI-120c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-5 Cents (1942)
NI-121a-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents (1942)
NI-122b-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-half Gulden (1942)
NI-123-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-1 Gulden (1942)
NI-124c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-5 Gulden (1942)
NI-125c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-10 Gulden (1942)
Nagasakibomb
Nagoya Castle(Edit2)
Noru 2017-07-31 0415Z
OCE-1a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-Half Shilling ND (1942)
OCE-2a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Shilling ND (1942)
OCE-3a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-10 Shillings ND (1942)
OCE-4a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Pound ND (1942)
Ogata Gekko - Ryu sho ten edit
Olympus E-M1 Mark III Zuiko 12-100mm
PHI-102b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Centavo (1942)
PHI-103b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Centavos (1942)
PHI-104b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Centavos (1942)
PHI-105b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-50 Centavos (1942)
PHI-106-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Peso (1942)
PHI-107A-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Pesos (1942)
PHI-108-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Pesos (1942)
PHI-109-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Peso (1943)
PHI-110-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Pesos (1943)
PHI-111-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Pesos (1943)
PHI-112-Japanese Government (Philippines)-100 Pesos (1944)
PHI-114-Japanese Government (Philippines)-500 Pesos (1944)
PHI-115-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1000 Pesos (1945)
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, larger - edit1
Red Fuji southern wind clear morning
Rhinogobius flumineus(Hamamatsu,Shizuoka,Japan)
STS-134 International Space Station after undocking
Samurai with sword
Sesshu - Haboku-Sansui - complete
Shimano Hyperglide cassette 8-speed CS-HG51 11-32
Shoki2
Somagahana Fuchiemon restored
Suikoden
The Illustration of The Siberian War, No. 16. The Japanese Army Occupied Vragaeschensk
The brown-eared bulbul after playing with water
Torii path with lantern at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
Two Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow
USS Bunker Hill hit by two Kamikazes
Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses

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Ase o fuku onna2
BUR-10b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-Five Cents ND (1942)
BUR-11a-Burma-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents ND (1942)
BUR-12a-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Quarter Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-13b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Half Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-14-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Rupee ND (1942)
BUR-15b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-Five Rupees ND (1942-44)
BUR-16-Japanese occupation Burma-10 rupees (1942-44)
BUR-17b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-100 Rupees ND (1944)
BUR-9b-Burma-Japanese Occupation-One Cent ND (1942)
Beijing Castle Boxer Rebellion 1900 FINAL
Bicycle crankset Shimano 105 R7000 (chainring 50-34, length 172.5mm, 11 speed)
Blind monks examining an elephant
Bloody Saturday, Shanghai
Comme des Garcons at the Met (62473)
Crested myna, Osaka, Japan
Daurian redstart at Daisen Park in Osaka, January 2016
Douglas MacArthur signs formal surrender
Extermination of Evil Tenkeisei
Forces returning 2
Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki (Oral statement by the American Navy admiral)
Geisha Kyoto Gion
Geisha-kyoto-2004-11-21
Golden gate of Ueno Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine, Tokyo, Japan
Great Wave off Kanagawa2
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - left hand screen
Hasegawa Tohaku - Pine Trees (Shōrin-zu byōbu) - right hand screen
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. In his barracks home at Block 7 - 21 - NARA - 539206 - Restoration
Hiroshige II - Kishu kumano iwatake tori - Shokoku meisho hyakkei
HiroshimaPeaceMemorialPanorama-2
HoryujiYumedono0363edit4
Hyochangwon as Korea's first golf course
ISS Aug2005
ISS March 2009
Instrument of surrender Japan2
JAPAN-10-Constitutional Monarchy-One Yen (1873)
JAPAN-M7-Tsingtao-10 Sen (1914)
Japan 1870 20 Yen (alt)
Japanese Squirrel edit2
Japanese archer 1878b
Japanese pygmy woodpecker in Sakai, Osaka, February 2016
Japanese white-eye at Tennōji Park in Osaka, January 2016 III
Japaneseweavera
Japanmakaken im Jigokudani Monkey Park bei der Fellpflege
Kabukicho red gate and colorful neon street signs at night, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Khalili Collections A Composite Imaginary View of Japan
Kiyonaga bathhouse women-2
Koku Saitcho shounin
KyotoFushimiInariLarge
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 01
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 02
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 03
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 04
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 05
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 06
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 07
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 08
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 09
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 10
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 11
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 12
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 13
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 14
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 15
Line scan photo of Shinkansen N700A Series Set G13 in 2017, car 16
MAL-M10b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-1000 Dollars ND (1945)
MAL-M1b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-One Cent ND (1942)
MAL-M2a-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-Five Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M3b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M4b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-50 Cents ND (1942)
MAL-M5c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-One Dollar ND (1942)
MAL-M6c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-Five Dollars ND (1942)
MAL-M7c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-10 Dollars ND (1944)
MAL-M8b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-100 Dollars ND (1944)
MAL-M9-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-100 Dollars ND (1945)
Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War
Manzanar calisthenics 0016u
Manzanar portrait Toyo Miyatake 00100u
Maresuke Nogi, 近世名士写真其1 - Photo only
Mazda RX-8 on freeway
NI-119b-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-1 Cent (1942)
NI-120c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-5 Cents (1942)
NI-121a-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents (1942)
NI-122b-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-half Gulden (1942)
NI-123-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-1 Gulden (1942)
NI-124c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-5 Gulden (1942)
NI-125c-Netherlands Indies-Japanese Occupation-10 Gulden (1942)
Nagasakibomb
Nagoya Castle(Edit2)
Noru 2017-07-31 0415Z
OCE-1a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-Half Shilling ND (1942)
OCE-2a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Shilling ND (1942)
OCE-3a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-10 Shillings ND (1942)
OCE-4a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Pound ND (1942)
Ogata Gekko - Ryu sho ten edit
Olympus E-M1 Mark III Zuiko 12-100mm
PHI-102b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Centavo (1942)
PHI-103b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Centavos (1942)
PHI-104b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Centavos (1942)
PHI-105b-Japanese Government (Philippines)-50 Centavos (1942)
PHI-106-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Peso (1942)
PHI-107A-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Pesos (1942)
PHI-108-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Pesos (1942)
PHI-109-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Peso (1943)
PHI-110-Japanese Government (Philippines)-5 Pesos (1943)
PHI-111-Japanese Government (Philippines)-10 Pesos (1943)
PHI-112-Japanese Government (Philippines)-100 Pesos (1944)
PHI-114-Japanese Government (Philippines)-500 Pesos (1944)
PHI-115-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1000 Pesos (1945)
Panorama of Edo bw
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, larger - edit1
Red Fuji southern wind clear morning
Rhinogobius flumineus(Hamamatsu,Shizuoka,Japan)
STS-134 International Space Station after undocking
Sake barrels at Itsukushima Shrine
Samurai with sword
Sesshu - Haboku-Sansui - complete
Shimano Hyperglide cassette 8-speed CS-HG51 11-32
Shoki2
Somagahana Fuchiemon restored
Suikoden
The Illustration of The Siberian War, No. 16. The Japanese Army Occupied Vragaeschensk
The brown-eared bulbul after playing with water
Torii path with lantern at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
Two Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow
USS Bunker Hill hit by two Kamikazes
Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses

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