History of Japan

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: History of Japan
2. Library of Congress: A Country Study: Japan
3. Encyclopedia of Nations: History of Japan
4. CIA World Fact Book: Japan
5. Google Book Search: A Short History of Japan  
6. National Museum of Japanese History: Japanese Chronological Table
7. Google News: Japan

Japan Current Structure

• U.S. State Department: Japan Country Profile
• Wikipedia: Government of Japan
• MOFA.go.jp: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• METI.go.jp: Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• CAO.go.jp: Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government

Japan History Timeline

• 35,000 - 14,000 BC: Paleolithic Period
• 10,500 - 300 BC: Jomon Period
• 300 AD - 300 BC: Yayoi
• 300 - 645: Kofun
• 645 - 710: Asuka Period
• 710 - 794: Nara Period
• 794 - 1185: Heian Period
• 1192 - 1333: Kamakura Period
• 1333 - 1568: Muromachi Period
• 1568 - 1603: Azuchi-Momoyama period
• 1600 - 1868: Edo Period
• 1868 - 1912: Meiji, Wars with China and Russia, WWI to WWII
• 1912 - 1926: Taisho
• 1926 - 1989: Showa Period
• 1937 - 1945: Japan WWII
• 1945: Hiroshima
• 1950 - 1970: High Growth Age
• 1989 - Current: Heisei

Japan Major Periods

Japanese Pre-History

• Wikipedia: Japanese Paleolithic
• Japanese History Online: Neolithic - Yayoi period
• Japanese Archaeology: Kofun Culture
• National Geographic: Han Dynasty
• Think Quest: Qin Dynasty

Ancient and Classical Japan

• Encyclopedia Britannica: Asuka Period
• Asuka Historical Museum: Asuka Period
• Country Studies: Kofun and Asuka Period
• Key Hole Tomb: Kofun Burial Mounds Research
• Minnesota State Univeristy: Nara Period

Feudal Japan

• The History Channel: Japan: Early Feudal History AD 400–1192
• Minnesota State University: Muromachi Period
• Washington State University World Civilizations: Feudal Japan
• Virginia Tech Filebox: Feudal Japan
• Encyclopedia Brittanica: Abolition of Feudalism
• Minnesota State University: Edo Period (1603 - 1876 A.D.)

Meiji Restoration

• History Encyclopedia: Russo-Japanese War
• Columbia University, East Asian Curriculum Project: The Meiji Restoration and Modernization
• Think Quest: The Meiji Restoration & Beyond
• Wikipedia: Anglo-Japanese Alliance
• BBC: Meiji Restoration "The Meiji Reinterpretation of Shinto"
• The Russo Japanese War Research Society: The Sino Japanese War 1894-1895
• Wikipedia: Russo-Japanese War
• WarHorse Simulations: The Renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1905
• All Empires: "Japan's Bridge to China: The Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902"

World War I

• Wikipedia: Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
• CountryStudies.US.com: World War I Japan
• Bartleby.com: World War I
• Wikipedia: Japan during World War I
• MSN Encarta: World War I

World War II

• History.com: German Surrender & the Defeat of Japan
• Wikipedia: World War II
• World War II History Info: Brief History of WWII Japan on the Offensive
• HistoryNet.com: Battle of Okinawa: Operation Iceberg
• Naval Historical Center: Formal Surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945
• Ibibleo.org: World War II Resources
• The History Place: World War II in the Pacific

Hiroshima

• Wikipedia: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• The United States Department of Energy Office of History and Heritage Resources: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
• Atomic Archive: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Uranium Information Center: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and subsequent weapons testing
• Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered: The Story of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
• Japan 101: Hiroshima City Japan - Events of WWII Nuclear Bombing  

Modern Japan

• Japan Reference: Post-occupation
• Wikipedia: Japan
• National Diet Library Japan: Modern Japan in Archives 100 Year History
• CIA World Fact Book: Japan
• Encyclopaedia Britannica: Japan
• Japan 101: Japan's Demographics, Japan's Government, Japan's Culture  

Japan Major Historical Figures

Japanese Imperial Family and Emperors

• PBS: Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989)
• Wikipedia: Akihito Emperor of Japan
• Wikipedia: Prince Shōtoku
• Wikipedia: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• History.com: Emperor Hirohito
• Time: Emperor Hirohito
• Imperial Household Agency: The Imperial Family
• Wikipedia: Emperor Jimmu

Japan's Shogunate and Bakufu

• Wikipedia: Kamakura Shogunate, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Seiwa Genji, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Ronin Feudal Samurai
• Japan 101: Shogun - ruler of Japan before the Meiji Era  
• The History Files: List of Japan's Shoguns

Japanese Generals

• The History Channel: Tōjō, Hideki (1884–1948)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica: Homma Masaharu
• Encyclopaedia Britannica: Kawabe Masakazu
• Wikipedia: Kazushige Ugaki
• Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures: Okazawa, Kuwashi

Japan History Maps and Media

• University of California: Japanese Historical Map Collection
• WebJapan.org: Regions And Cities
• Atlapedia Online: Political and Geographic Maps of Japan
• MapQuest: Maps of Japan
• Webshots: Feudal Japan Album
• Benoa.com: Photos of Japan

Japan History Books and Research

• Google Book Search: The History of Japan: Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam
• Project Gutenberg: The Religions of Japan by William Elliot Griffis
• Project Gutenberg: The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881 by Toyokichi Iyenaga
• Project Gutenberg: The Constitution of Japan, 1946
• Google Book Search: Japan: Its History, Arts, and Literature

Japan Historical Accuracy Criticism

• Harvard Asia Quarterly: "Politics and Personality: Japan's Worst Archaeology Scandal"
• Wikipedia: Japanese Paleolithic Hoax

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