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Period: 10 to
Japan History
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200
Specialized rice farming
Japan specialized the farming of rice by boosting the efficiency of harvesting it. Instead of planting it wherever, they came up with the tactic of placing the rice seeds in rows, giving them more space to grow. This made the production and harvesting of rice much easier and faster. -
1124
Kamakura Sh11ogunate is formed
The Kamakura Shogunate was the military government founded during the Kamakura period. It helped organize the Japanese military to be stronger. The most notable thing that the Kamakura Shogunate did would probably be the Samurai, specialized military nobility. -
1274
Mongols attempt to invade Japan
The attempted invasion of Japan was led by Kublai Kahn, the grandson of Genghis Kahn. The motives of the invasion are unknown but speculated to be a last attempt to gain back the land that the Mongols had lost. -
1467
Onin War occurs
The Onin war was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the collapse of the Japanese economy. It was led by two feuding Samurai families. They each had a mansion that served as a base in Kyoto, the city where the war took place. Kyoto was decimated by the end of the war. -
1543
Portuguese Arrive in Japan
1543 was the first time that Portugal and Japan had ever interacted as countries, as Portugal had brought firearms from the western world. They traded firearms for silk, swords, and a few other luxuries that could not be found anywhere else. -
1549
Christianity is introduced
Christian ambassadors led by Francis Xavier docked in Japan after the initial introduction by Portugal. It initially had a more positive response and converted hundreds of thousands of people initially. -
Christianity is banned
After the positive response of Christianity, it was banned by the government during the Towkugawa period. It was banned due to the threat the religion posed towards the government, as most of Japan before that had been either a Buddhist or Shinto faith. -
Japan becomes isolated
Japan became isolated, meaning nobody could exit or enter the country on threat of execution. The isolation issued was because of the religious influence of the western world, and the attempt to de-influence the Japanese nation. -
Mt Fiji Eruption
This is also known as the most recent eruption of Mt Fiji, named the Hoei Eruption. It erupted with great force and covered the city of Edo in ash and pumice. It also ejected a lot of Tephra into the atmosphere, small chunks of volacnic rock. The city of Edo is now a central part of Tokyo. -
De-Isolation of Japan
The treaty of Kanagawa was signed by the Japanese government and Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, the ambassador from the United States. This was the first anglo-Japan treaty ever signed, and from that day on, Japan was no longer isolated. -
Capital is renamed
The Japanese capital Edo was renamed Tokyo after the new emperor Meiji moved into the city and suggested a name change that was then passed by the council. -
Shino-Japan war
There were two wars against China and Japan, the First Shino war, and the Second Shino war. It began with the military rivalry between governments and the rising tensions between the world powers. China, a world power at the time, was rapidly losing its military strength. -
Soviet-Japanese war
The Soviet-Japanese war lasted one year, 1904-1905. The war was because of a dispute between who should get parts of Manchuria and Korea. In the end, Japan won and was declared a major world power, which played large parts in the world wars. -
World War I
When World War 1 started, Japan leaders decided to become one of the allies, siding with England and using their navy to fight against Germany and turn people against what Nazi Germany was for. -
World War I end
After siding with the allies, Japan was given a seat in the league of nations, where they played parts in major world events up until 1931, where a dispute made them withdraw their seat in the league of nations. -
Gret Kanto Earthquake
The Great Kanto earthquake is known as one of the worst earthquakes to ever hit Japan. It was followed by a huge tsunami, peaking at 40 feet tall. It destroyed over half a million homes and left 1.3 people homeless. -
Worl War II starts
In World War two, Japan decided to side with the axis; Germany and Italy. It was a very powerful group, and Japan’s role in the Axis was one of the reasons that the war lasted for so long. They had very modern weapons, as well as a lot of manpower. -
Attack of Pearl Harbour
Pearl Harbour is one of the most memorable attacks during World War two. The surprise attack on pearl Harbour killed around two thousand people, and majorly damaged the United States navy, destroying over 300 ships and military boats. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The summer of 1945 the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped by the United States in Japan, over the city of Hiroshima. It killed over 80,000 people, not counting the aftershock of radiation that it emitted. Three days later, another bomb dropped in the city of Nagasaki, killing another 10,000. -
Invention of the bullet train
The bullet train, or the idea of it, was created in the 60s, by a Japanese inventor named Hideo Shama. It was the first high-speed train, the idea of magnetism and the positive and negatives of magnets was revolutionary. -
Hiroshima Explosion
In 2011, an earthquake disabled the safety features in a radioactive plant in Hiroshima, Japan. Not only was there a tsunami and large earthquake, but this melted the cores of the radioactive plant. This caused the largest radioactive explosion in human history, killing a quarter of a million people.