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Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nippon or Nihon, and formally 日本国, Nihonkoku) is an island country in East Asia. It is situated 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 five main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.

Japan is the eleventh 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 been inhabited since the Upper Paleolithic period (30,000 BC). Between the 4th and 9th centuries, the kingdoms of Japan 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 unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature, the National Diet. Japan is a developed country and a great power. Its economy is the world's third-largest by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by PPP, with its per capita income ranking at 36th highest in the world. Although Japan has renounced its right to declare war, the country maintains Self-Defense Forces that rank 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. It is part of multiple major international and intergovernmental institutions. (Full article...)

Selected article –

Comet Hyakutake, the Great Comet of 1996

Comet Hyakutake is a comet discovered on January 30, 1996, which passed very close to Earth in March of that year. It was dubbed The Great Comet of 1996; its passage near the Earth was one of the closest cometary approaches of the previous 200 years. Hyakutake appeared very bright in the night sky and was widely seen around the world. The comet temporarily upstaged the much anticipated Comet Hale–Bopp, which was approaching the inner Solar System at the time. Scientific observations of the comet led to several discoveries. Most surprising to cometary scientists was the first discovery of X-ray emission from a comet, believed to have been caused by ionised solar wind particles interacting with neutral atoms in the coma of the comet. The Ulysses spacecraft unexpectedly crossed the comet's tail at a distance of more than 500 million km from the nucleus, showing that Hyakutake had the longest tail known for a comet. Hyakutake is a long-period comet. Before its most recent passage through the Solar System, its orbital period was about 17,000 years, but the gravitational influence of the giant planets has increased this period to 100,000 years. The comet was discovered on January 30, 1996, by Yuji Hyakutake an amateur astronomer from southern Japan. He had been searching for comets for years and had moved to Kagoshima Prefecture partly for the dark skies in nearby rural areas. He was using a powerful set of binoculars with six-inch (152 mm) objective lenses to scan the skies on the night of the discovery. (Full article...)

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Selected pictures

Image 1
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 2
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 3
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 1944 ten-dollar Japanese-issued banknote, depicting guava and coconut trees flanked by banana and pineapple plants on the obverse, and a seascape on the reverse, is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.

Other denominations:
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000F-QINU`"'
Image 4
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.
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Image 6
Plum Park in Kameido
Painting: Vincent van Gogh, after Hiroshige
Flowering Plum Tree (after Hiroshige), a copy of the ukiyo-e woodblock print Plum Park in Kameido by the Japanese artist Hiroshige. Completed in 1887, this painting is one of several Japanese-influenced works created by Vincent van Gogh after the opening up of Japan. In his copy, van Gogh ignored the shading present in the trunk and background of Hiroshige's image, which there implied age, and instead used colours with more "passion" and "youthfulness".

See Hiroshige's original version
Image 7
Attack on Beijing Castle during the Boxer Rebellion
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.
Image 8
Japanese squirrel
Japanese Squirrel
Credit: Ma2bara
The Japanese Squirrel (Sciurus lis) is a species of rodent that is endemic to Japan. They are reddish grey and have tufted ears and bushy tails.
Image 9
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 10
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:
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* 1 cent
* 5 cents
* 10 cents
*
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000E-QINU`"'
1⁄4 rupee
* 1 rupee
* 5 rupees
* 10 rupees
* 100 rupees
Image 11
A geisha lights a client's cigar
Geisha
Credit: Todd Laracuenta
A geisha at work lighting a client's cigar. Geisha are often hired to attend parties and gatherings, traditionally at tea houses or at traditional Japanese restaurants.
Image 12
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Credit: Hokusai
Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 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. The scene is of a great wave (often mistaken for a tsunami) about to devour the men and boats, with the distant Mount Fuji minimized by the size of the wave.
Image 13
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 ten cents, is part of the 1942 series.

See other denominations: One cent · Five cents · Ten cents · Half gulden · One gulden, Five gulden, Ten gulden
Image 14
Kanematsu Auditorium
Hitotsubashi University
Credit: Wiiii
Kanematsu Auditorium, part of Hitotsubashi University's Kunitachi, Tokyo campus.
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
The Illustration of The Siberian War, N°. 16: The Japanese Army Occupied Vragaeschens
Japan during the Siberian Intervention
Credit: Shobido & Co
The Japanese Siberian Intervention of 1918–1922 was the dispatch of troops of the Imperial Japanese Army to the Russian Maritime Provinces as part of a larger effort by western powers and Japan to support White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
Image 17
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.

On this day...

May 20:

Births

1940 - Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager
1957 - Yoshihiko Noda, lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
1964 - Kōichirō Genba, politician, 80th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
1969 - Kazuya Takahashi, actor
1970 - Ryuichi Kawamura, singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
1976 - Tomoya Satozaki, baseball player
1981 - Kensuke Tanaka, baseball player
1987 - Mike Havenaar, footballer
1988 - Miyu Nagase, singer and guitarist

In the news

10 May 2023 –: Four people are injured after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck near Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo News)
5 May 2023 – 2023 Ishikawa earthquake: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, killing one person and injuring 22 others. (AP)
27 April 2023 –: In a resolution drafted by the UAE and Japan, the UN Security Council unanimously condemns the Taliban administration's ban on Afghan women working, including for the United Nations in Afghanistan, and calls on Taliban leaders to lift the ban immediately. (France 24)
25 April 2023 –: Hakuto-R Mission 1, an uncrewed lunar lander built by Japanese aerospace company ispace, is presumed lost after the company lost contact with the spacecraft during descent to the lunar surface. Onboard was the Emirates Lunar Mission rover Rashid, along with a transformable robot, SORA-Q, built by Tomy and JAXA. (CNN) (The New York Times)
22 April 2023 – Japan–North Korea relations: Japan places its Self-Defense Forces on high alert as defence minister Yasukazu Hamada says that Japan could potentially shoot down the North Korean reconnaissance satellite that is expected to be launched by Pyongyang if it falls in Japanese territory. (Reuters)
21 April 2023 –: Wreckage of the Imperial Japanese Navy ship SS Montevideo Maru, sunk during World War II, is found after 81 years in the South China Sea, off the coast of Luzon Island. The ship, which was carrying over 1,000 prisoners of war, including 850 Australian POWs, represented the largest loss of life for the Australian armed forces during the Second World War. (CNN)

Selected quote –

“

We understand that the sight of hundreds of frozen tuna looks unique and interesting for foreign tourists. But they have to understand the Tsukiji market is a professional place, not an amusement park.

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— Yoshiaki Takagi, deputy director of the Tsukiji fish market

More selected quotes

Selected biography –

Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644 – November 28, 1694; born Matsuo Kinsaku [松尾金作], then Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa [松尾忠右衛門宗房]) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku). He is also well known for his travel essays beginning with Records of a Weather-Exposed Skeleton (1684), written after his journey west to Kyoto and Nara. Matsuo Bashō's poetry is internationally renowned, and, in Japan, many of his poems are reproduced on monuments and traditional sites. Although Bashō is famous in the West for his hokku, he himself believed his best work lay in leading and participating in renku. He is quoted as saying, "Many of my followers can write hokku as well as I can. Where I show who I really am is in linking haikai verses."

Bashō was introduced to poetry at a young age, and after integrating himself into the intellectual scene of Edo (modern Tokyo) he quickly became well known throughout Japan. He made a living as a teacher; but then renounced the social, urban life of the literary circles and was inclined to wander throughout the country, heading west, east, and far into the northern wilderness to gain inspiration for his writing. His poems were influenced by his firsthand experience of the world around him, often encapsulating the feeling of a scene in a few simple elements. (Full article...)

List of selected biographies

Selected prefecture –

Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is Kanazawa. Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province. It is located on the Sea of Japan coast. The northern part of the prefecture consists of the narrow Noto Peninsula, while the southern part is wider and consists mostly of mountains, with the prefecture's chief city, Kanazawa, located in the coastal plain. The prefecture also has some islands, including Notojima, Mitsukejima, Hegurajima. It contains 10 cities, 6 districts and 9 towns and villages. Ishikawa's industry is dominated by the textile industry, particularly artificial fabrics, and the machine industry, particularly construction machinery. Ishikawa Prefecture has an area of 4,185 km² and as of April 1, 2006 it has a population of 1,698,539 persons. Most of the area's culture is made up of traditional arts and crafts. Nō was introduced to the area during the rule of the fifth Maeda lord Tsunanori and was refined into the Kaga hosho style. The tea ceremony arrived in 1666 when Maeda Toshitsune invited Senbiki Soshitsu of urasenke to Kanazawa.

Did you know... –

Sakae Menda

... that Sakae Menda (pictured) was the first person in the history of Japan to be exonerated while on death row?

... that Aritsugu, a supplier of swords to the Imperial House of Japan during the 16th century, now produces cooking knives and utensils?

... that Roujin Z is a 1991 Japanese anime film about a computerized hospital bed with its own built-in atomic power reactor?

...that Léonce Verny was a French naval engineer who directed the construction of the Yokosuka arsenal in Japan from 1865 to 1876, thus helping jump-start Japan's modernization?

... that 120 earthquakes and tremors in total were felt in Edo, Japan during the Ansei Great Earthquakes of 1854–55?

General images

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

Image 1Relief 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 2Cultural map of the world according to the World Values Survey, describing Japan as highest in the world in "Secular-Rational Values" (from Culture of Japan)
Image 3Kinkaku-ji was built in 1397 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (from History of Japan)
Image 4Winter with frozen coniferous trees near Mt. Kumano in the Mount Zaō range in Miyagi Prefecture (from Geography of Japan)
Image 5Map of the Kantō Plain (from Geography of Japan)
Image 6The 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 7Tectonic map of Japan (French) (from Geography of Japan)
Image 8Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. (from History of Japan)
Image 9A Yayoi period bronze bell (dōtaku) of the 3rd century AD (from History of Japan)
Image 10Territorial extent of Yamato court during the Kofun period (from History of Japan)
Image 11Map showing the territories of major daimyō families around 1570 CE (from History of Japan)
Image 12The Empire of Japan at its peak in 1942:
   Territory (1870–1895)
   Acquisitions (1895–1930)
   Acquisitions (1930–1942)
(from History of Japan)
Image 13US Secretary of State Dean Acheson signing the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 8 September 1951 (from History of Japan)
Image 14Minamoto 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 15Noh play at traditional Noh theatre (from Culture of Japan)
Image 16Seto Inland Sea (from Geography of Japan)
Image 17The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (from Geography of Japan)
Image 18Sea of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 19Samurai of the Satsuma Domain during the Boshin War (from History of Japan)
Image 20Izu Islands south of Tokyo (from Geography of Japan)
Image 21Middle Jōmon vase (2000 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 22The Japanese Empire in 1939 (from History of Japan)
Image 23Japan (Iapam) and Korea, in the 1568 Portuguese map of the cartographer João Vaz Dourado. (from History of Japan)
Image 24Portrait of Ashikaga Takauji who was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (from History of Japan)
Image 25Aerial view of Lake Biwa (from Geography of Japan)
Image 26Mount Yari, Nagano Prefecture in August (from Geography of Japan)
Image 27Japanese experts inspect the scene of the 'railway sabotage' on South Manchurian Railway, leading to the Mukden Incident and the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. (from History of Japan)
Image 28A map of Japan's major cities, main towns and selected smaller centers (from Geography of Japan)
Image 29Reconstruction of a Jōmon family from the Sannai-Maruyama Site. (from History of Japan)
Image 30Daisenryō Kofun, Osaka (from History of Japan)
Image 31Kokin 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 32Jesus statue in Yokohama (from Culture of Japan)
Image 33Lake Tōya and Shōwa-shinzan in Shikotsu-Tōya National Park (from Geography of Japan)
Image 34Dogū figurine of the late Jōmon period (1000–400 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 35Hōryū-ji is widely known to be the oldest wooden architecture existing in the world. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 36Two students practicing kendo at Hiroshima University (from Culture of Japan)
Image 37Taiheiyō Belt (from Geography of Japan)
Image 38Japanese archipelago with outlined islands (from Geography of Japan)
Image 39Atomic cloud over Hiroshima, 1945 (from History of Japan)
Image 40Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu, Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 41Samurai could kill a commoner for the slightest insult and were widely feared by the Japanese population. Edo period, 1798. (from History of Japan)
Image 42Kabira Bay on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture in March (from Geography of Japan)
Image 43Woman in kimono at Fukuoka City Hall (from Culture of Japan)
Image 44Traditional breakfast at a ryokan (from Culture of Japan)
Image 45Vegetation during the Last Glacial Maximum period 16,000 BCE (from Geography of Japan)
Image 46Torii entrance gate at Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto (from Culture of Japan)
Image 47Fumie Hihara playing the shamisen, Guimet Museum, Paris (from Culture of Japan)
Image 48Emperor Meiji, the 122nd Emperor of Japan (from History of Japan)
Image 49Regions and prefectures of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 50A handscroll painting dated c. 1130, illustrating a scene from the "Bamboo River" chapter of The Tale of Genji (from History of Japan)
Image 51Amida Buddha, Kōtoku-in (from Culture of Japan)
Image 52Ukiyo-e based on kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, by Utagawa Kunimasa (from Culture of Japan)
Image 53Planes from the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor (from History of Japan)
Image 54
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 55Kobe Airport in Osaka Bay (from Geography of Japan)
Image 56A vase from the early Jōmon period (11000–7000 BC) (from History of Japan)
Image 57Pair of byōbu with a leopard, tiger and dragon by Kanō Sanraku (from Culture of Japan)
Image 58Tokyo in 2010 (from History of Japan)
Image 59Wreckage at a railway station destroyed during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (from History of Japan)
Image 60The word Nihon written in kanji (horizontal placement of characters). The text means "Japan" in Japanese. (from History of Japan)
Image 61Mount 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 62Newly-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 63A topographic map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 64Japan in 1582, showing territory conquered by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in gray (from History of Japan)
Image 65General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor of Japan, Hirohito, at their first meeting, September 1945 (from History of Japan)
Image 66A map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 67Shigeru Yoshida was one of the longest serving PMs in Japanese history (1946–1947 and 1948–1954). (from History of Japan)
Image 68The Kuril Islands with Russian names. Borders of Shimoda Treaty (1855) and Treaty of St. Petersburg (1875) shown in red. Currently all islands northeast of Hokkaido are administered by Russia. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 69Map depicts the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, Japan Trench, Izu–Ogasawara Trench and Mariana Trench. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 70The summit of Mount Fuji is the highest point in Japan. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 71Prince 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 72The islands comprising the Japanese Archipelago were separated from the Asian continent by back-arc spreading. (from Geography of Japan)
Image 73Sakurajima eruption on October 3, 2009 (from Geography of Japan)
Image 74Sakura blossoms with Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture in April (from Geography of Japan)
Image 75The Nanpō Islands of the Japanese archipelago (from Geography of Japan)
Image 76Ritsurin Garden (from Culture of Japan)
Image 77The Ryukyu Islands administered by Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture (from Geography of Japan)
Image 78The Black Ship Portuguese traders that came from Goa and Macau once a year. (from History of Japan)
Image 79Guardian in Tōdai-ji, Nara (from Culture of Japan)
Image 80Social structure of the Edo period (from History of Japan)
Image 81Extreme points of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 82Later Three-Year War in the 11th century. (from History of Japan)
Image 83Shinano River in Niigata City (from Geography of Japan)
Image 84Mount Fuji and sakura (cherry blossoms) are national symbols of Japan. (from Culture of Japan)
Image 85Buddhist temple of Horyu-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 86
Chinese generals surrendering to the Japanese in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895
(from History of Japan)
Image 87A Köppen climate classification map of Japan (from Geography of Japan)
Image 88Miniature model of the ancient capital Heian-kyō (from History of Japan)
Image 89Japan's exclusive economic zones:
  Japan's EEZ
  Joint regime with Republic of Korea
  EEZ claimed by Japan, disputed by others
(from Geography of Japan)

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MAL-M1b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-One Cent ND (1942)
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MAL-M3b-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-10 Cents ND (1942)
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MAL-M7c-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-10 Dollars ND (1944)
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MAL-M9-Malaya-Japanese Occupation-100 Dollars ND (1945)
Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War
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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)
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OCE-2a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-One Shilling ND (1942)
OCE-3a-Oceania-Japanese Occupation-10 Shillings ND (1942)
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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)
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PHI-106-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Peso (1942)
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PHI-109-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1 Peso (1943)
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PHI-115-Japanese Government (Philippines)-1000 Pesos (1945)
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Red Fuji southern wind clear morning
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Sake barrels at Itsukushima Shrine
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Sesshu - Haboku-Sansui - complete
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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
Two Lovers Beneath an Umbrella in the Snow
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