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The Land of the Rising Sun
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140 Moments
1928
Emperor Hirohito's Coronation Ceremony
1925
Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Soviet Union and Japan
1923
Devastating earthquake hits Tokyo and Yokohama, causing mass casualties
1921
Pacific Treaty Signed by US, France, Japan, and British Empire
1920
League of Nations Mandate Granted to Japan for Territory Governance
1914
World War I: Japan Joins Fight Against Germany
Allied Partnership Formed
1912
1910
Korea Renamed Chōsen, Governor-General Appointed
1907
Exclusion of Japanese Laborers from Entering the USA
1905
Korea under Japanese protectorate
1904
Declaration of War between Japan and Russia
Japanese Troops Capture Port Arthur, Undermining Russian Morale
The Russo-Japanese War began
1897
1896
Devastating Tsunami Strikes Japan, Claiming 28,000 Lives
1895
Treaty Ending First Sino-Japanese War
1894
Historic Victory: Japan Prevails Over China
Discovery of bubonic plague agent by Shibasaburo Kitasato in The Lancet
Key Treaty: Aoki-Kimberley Signed by Japan and England
1889
New Constitution Establishes Parliamentary System
1885
First Prime Minister: Samurai Itō Hirobumi
1877
Samurai-led Satsuma Rebellion against Meiji government
1872
1871
Emperor Meiji's Transition to Prefectures
1870
End of the Samurai Class
1868
End of the Shogunate Era
Beginning of Meiji Restoration, ends Tokugawa shogunate dominance
1867
The Resignation of Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1866
Modernization of Japan's Military