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Japan announces the removal of South Korea from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on 28 August 2019. 20 September to 2 November: 2019 Rugby World Cup begins in Japan. 29 November: An oldest living former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone died of natural causes at aged 101. 2020: 15 January
His book, The Capital of the Tycoon, [29] became one of the first books to describe Edo period Japan systematically. James Curtis Hepburn (1859, United States) An American physician, educator and Christian missionary who is known for the Hepburn romanization system, enabling westerners to read and write Japanese in Roman script.
The Pacific coastline north of Tokyo, the coast of Hokkaidō, and the Sea of Japan coast are generally unindented, with few natural harbors. [27] A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 765 km 2 of tidal flats in Japan, making it the 35th-ranked country in terms of tidal flat extent. [36]
Data marked The World Factbook or TWF covers 198 countries and 55 territories, from the book published by the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition to coastline lengths, this is the source of the land area used to calculate the "coast/area ratio" for both TWF and WRI (see below) coastline measurement.
Japan as Number One: Lessons for America; Japan on Foot; The Japanese and Europe; Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings; The Japanese in Latin America; Japanese Society (book) Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat; Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa; June 30th, June 30th
Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional ...
This category is for articles on history books with Japan as a topic. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. E.
The historiography of Japan (日本史学史 Nihon shigakushi) is the study of methods and hypotheses formulated in the study and literature of the history of Japan. The earliest work of Japanese history is attributed to Prince Shōtoku , who is said to have written the Tennōki and the Kokki in 620 CE.