History of Japan
The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: History of Japan
- Library of Congress: A Country Study: Japan
- Encyclopedia of Nations: History of Japan
- CIA World Fact Book: Japan
- Google Book Search: A Short History of Japan
- National Museum of Japanese History: Japanese Chronological Table
- 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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