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May 2, 710
710 CE - Nara became Japan's capital
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May 2, 1192
Kamakura period: Yoritomo becomes Japan's first shogun. The end of official imperial rule and the start of military rule by the shogun
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May 2, 1274
Mongolia invades Japan but is beaten
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May 2, 1333
The Ashikaga Shogunate rise to power
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Tokugawa Shogunate. The capital is Edo
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Restoration of the Meiji Empire
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4500 BCE - Jomon period: hunting and fishing; not much agriculture
Jomon period: hunting and fishing; not much agriculture