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Part of a series on theHistory of Japan PrehistoricPaleolithic35,000–14,000 BCJōmon JōmonAkahoya eruption 14,000–1000 BCYayoi YayoiJimmu's Eastern ExpeditionZoku-JōmonWaCivil WarYamatai 1000 BC – 300 AD AncientKofun KofunYamato KingshipToraijinSilla–Goguryeo and Paekche–Kaya–Wa WarFive kings of Wa 300–538 AD ClassicalAsuka Soga–Mononobe conflictTaika ReformBattle of BaekgangJinshin WarHakuhō periodRitsuryō 538–710Nara KojikiNihon ShokiTenpyō epidemic 710–794HeianHōgen rebellionGenpei War 794–1185 FeudalKamakuraKamakura shogunateJōkyū WarMongol invasionsGenkō WarKenmu Restoration 1185–1333MuromachiWokouAshikaga shogunateNanboku-chō periodSengoku periodŌnin WarMeiō incident 1336–1573Azuchi–Momoyama Nanban tradeImjin WarBattle of Sekigahara 1573–1603 Early modernEdo (Tokugawa) Tokugawa shogunateInvasion of RyukyuSiege of OsakaSakoku1707 Hōei earthquakePerry ExpeditionConvention of KanagawaBakumatsuMeiji RestorationBoshin War 1603–1868 ModernMeiji Empire of JapanRyūkyū DispositionSatsuma RebellionFirst Sino-Japanese WarMeiji ConstitutionInvasion of Taiwan (1895)Colonization of TaiwanBoxer RebellionRusso-Japanese WarColonization of Korea 1868–1912Taishō Taishō DemocracyWorld War IIntervention in SiberiaGreat Kantō earthquake 1912–1926Shōwa MilitarismFinancial crisisInvasion of ManchuriaMay 15 incidentFebruary 26 incidentAnti-Comintern PactSecond Sino-Japanese WarWorld War IITripartite PactAttack on Pearl HarborPacific WarAtomic bombingsSoviet–Japanese WarSurrender of JapanOccupation of JapanPostwar ConstitutionPostwar JapanAnpo protestsEconomic miracleAsset price bubble1926–1989Heisei Lost DecadesKobe earthquakeCool JapanTōhoku earthquake 1989–2019ReiwaCOVID-19 pandemicAbe assassination 2019–present Topics Capital punishment Currency Earthquakes Economy Era names Education Foreign relations Geography Historiography Religion Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Islam Judaism New religions Shinto Military Naval Politics Science and technology Sports World Heritage Sites Glossary History Timelinevte The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago.

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