JOMON (10,000 - 300 B.C.) Prehistoric period of tribal/clan organization. Stone Age hunters and gatherers who make jomon (rope-patterned) pottery inhabit Japan. 660 B.C. Mythological Jimmu ("Divine ...

The number 2 reactor at Shimane Nuclear Power Station in Matsue restarts nearly 13 years after it was halted in January 2012, following the Great East Japan Earthquake the previous year.

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President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan. December 1941. Library of Congress. July: American government freezes all Japanese assets in the U.S. December: U.S. and Britain ...

On this anniversary, let’s revisit the key events that led up to that fateful day: July: Under Prime Minister Fumimaro Kanoe, Japan invades North China. July: The U.S. imposes trade sanctions ...

The Japanese government formally obtains control of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands. Japan asserts the islands were not owned by anyone prior to their occupation while China maintains it has ...

The Northern Territories issue has stood in the way of Japan and Russia concluding a peace treaty for decades. Toward the end of the war, the then-Soviet Union attacked the islands. At that time ...