CEVAP:

• 900 BCE – 300 CE -- Ancient Japan
• 250 BCE – 300 CE -- Culture of the Yayoi arrives from Asia
• 600 CE – Centralized state formed
• 1100 – 1800 CE – Conflicts between samurais and shoguns (rulers)
• 1852-1854 - Perry visits Japan and establishes the first trade with the West
• 1867 – the Meiji Restoration (Westernization)
• 1889 – Japan adopts Western-style constitution
• 1894-1995 – War against imperial China
• 1904-1905 – Victorious War against Russia
• 1920 – Annexation of Korea by Japan
• 1931 – Invasion of China by Japan
• 1941 – World War II on the side of Germany and Italy
• 1941 – December 7, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
• 1941 – December 8, the United States declares war on Japan
• 1945 – August 6 and 9, atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan surrendered on August 14.
• 1945-52 – The U.S. occupies Japan, introduces democratic political system and restores Japan’s independence.
• 1980s– Pax Niponnica (growth and prosperity) in the world economy
• 2015 – the third largest economy of the world