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Buddhism comes to Japan
Buddhism has been practiced in Japan since 552 A.D. when it first came to Japan. The Chinese spread it into Japan and now more than 70% of Japan are buddhists. Buddhism has had a major influence on the development on Japanesse society and culture -
First Sino- Japanesse War
This is the first war the Japanesse (Meji) have with the Chinese (Quing Dynasty). These two countries were figting mostly for the control of Korea. After more than six months of war by the Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the Chinese port of Weihai, the Qing leadership sued for peace in February 1895. The Japanesse technically won, but only because the war demonstrated the failure of the Qing dynasty attempts to modernize it's military and to stop threats of Japan. -
Second Sino-Japanesse War
China and Japan go into a second war about a century later. In 1937, the Japanese and Chinese troops were on the frontier led to what became known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. This fighting sparked a full-blown war. Under the terms of the Sian Agreement, the Chinese Nationalists (KMT) and the CCP now agreed to fight side by side against Japan. The Communists had been encouraged to negotiate with the KMT by Stalin, who saw Japan as an increasing threat on the far easten border. -
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 Japan had a suprise bomb attack on Pearl Harbor, the American Naval Base, in Honululu, Hawaii. The bombs lasted two hours, and destroyed 20 American naval vessels and about 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 American sailors and soldiers died, and about 1,000 were wounded from the attack. The next day we declared war on Japan. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States drops two atomic bombs on Japan. One bomb landed on Hiroshima, whiping out about 90% of the city and killing about 80,000 people. People would then later die of the radiation in the city. A couple days later the other bomb was dropped in Nagasaki. It was killing about 40,000 people. Since of huge casulty of deaths in Japan the emperor announced the country's surrender on the radio on August 15th. -
Peace Treaty between Japan and the U.S.A
We signed a peace treaty with Japan so we would become allies and not enemies, and hopefully not start another war with them. It was signed in San Fransisco between the representatives of the United States and Japan. This agreement says that Japan can't be providing foreign powers of any bases or any military-related rights without permission from the United States.. -
Japan becomes apart of the United Nations
Japan holds many cooperations within the United Nations (UN) as a basic principal of its foreign policy. When they joined the UN it helped the international orginzation. For others, the support of the UN would be useful in masking or diluting Japan's almost total dependance on the United State's security. -
Summer Olympics first held in Japan
The first Olympics held in Japan was the summer olympcs in 1964. The opening ceremony was October 10 and the closing was October 24. This was also the first Olympics that was ever held in Asia. It was also the first color telecast internationally without the need for tapes to be flown oversees. Even though October, isn't summer they had to reschedule to mid-October because it was typhoon season in Japan. -
Kobe earthquake
Measuring at a 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale, it was the worst earthquake to hit the 20th century since another major earthquake. The earthquake costed about ten trillion YEN. The death toll was 6,434 which aroud 4,600 victims were from Kobe. About 80% of these victims were crushed to death by collasped houses and fallen furniture. The earthquake also ruined about 150,000 buildings. -
Earthquake and Tsunami
This tsunami/earthquakes is one of the biggest Japan's ever had. The magnitude of the earthquake was 9, which is very high on a richter scale. People are still recovering from this disaster because radioactive water was discovered leaking from a Nuclear Power Plant. The cost of this is about $300 billion dollars according to the Japanesse government.
