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  2. Satsuma Rebellion - Wikipedia

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    In English, the most common name for the war is the "Satsuma Rebellion". Mark Ravina, the author of The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori, argued that "Satsuma Rebellion" is not the best name for the war because the English name does not well represent the war and its Japanese name. Ravina said that the war's scope was much ...

  3. List of wars involving Japan - Wikipedia

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    Occupation of Taiwan by Japan; Battle of Ganghwa (1875) Japan: Korea: Victory. Severe damage inflicted on Korean defenses; Southwestern War (1877) Japan: Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain: Imperial victory. Shizoku rebellions were suppressed. The conscription system was established in Japan. First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) Japan China ...

  4. Battle of Shiroyama - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Shiroyama (城山の戦い, Shiroyama no tatakai) took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan. [3] It was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion, where the heavily outnumbered samurai under Saigō Takamori made their last stand against Imperial Japanese Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi.

  5. Japanese civil war - Wikipedia

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    Japanese civil war may refer to: Civil War of Wa; Sengoku period; Boshin War This page was last edited on 1 ...

  6. Boshin War - Wikipedia

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    The Boshin War (戊辰 戦争, Boshin Sensō), sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court.

  7. Baseball in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. [1] [2] The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s.The highest level of baseball in Japan is Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, with six teams in each league. [3]

  8. Little League Baseball - Wikipedia

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    Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc [1]) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization [2] [3] based in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, (United States), that organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the United States and the rest of the world.

  9. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    Russo-Japanese War: Japan launched a surprise torpedo attack on the Imperial Russian Navy at Port Arthur. 1905: 5 September: Russo-Japanese War: Japan became the first modern Asian nation to win a war against an Eastern European nation (Russia). The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ceding some Russian property and territory to Japan and ending ...