Portal:Japan

The Japan Portal Main   Geography   Projects Imperial Seal of Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands alongside 14,121 smaller islands. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions, and around 75% of its terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, concentrating its agriculture and highly urbanized population along its eastern coastal plains. With a population of almost 123 million as of 2026, it is the world's 11th most populous country. Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city. The first known habitation of the archipelago dates to the Upper Paleolithic, with the beginning of the Japanese Paleolithic dating to c. 36,000 BC. Between the 4th and 6th centuries, its kingdoms were united under an emperor in Nara and later in Heian-kyō. From the 12th century, actual power was held by military aristocrats known as shōgun and feudal lords called daimyō, enforced by warrior nobility named samurai. After rule by the Kamakura and Ashikaga shogunates and a century of warring states, Japan was unified in 1600 by the Tokugawa shogunate, which implemented an isolationist foreign policy. In 1853, an American fleet forced Japan to open trade to the West, which led to the end of the shogunate and the restoration of imperial power in 1868. The Meiji period saw Japan pursue rapid industrialization, modernization, militarism, and overseas colonization. The country annexed Korea in 1910, invaded China in 1937, and attacked the U.S. and European colonial powers in 1941, thus entering World War II as an Axis power. After being defeated in the Pacific War and suffering the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered in 1945 and came under Allied occupation. It underwent rapid economic growth in the following decades and became one of the first major non-NATO allies of the U.S. Since the collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble in the early 1990s, it has experienced a prolonged period of economic stagnation referred to as the Lost Decades. Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature known as the National Diet. Widely considered a great power and the only Asian member of the G7, it maintains one of the world's strongest militaries but has constitutionally renounced its right to declare war. A developed country with one of the world's largest economies by nominal GDP, it is a global leader in the automotive, electronics, and robotics industries, in addition to making significant contributions to science and technology. It has one of the world's highest life expectancies, but is undergoing a population decline. The culture of Japan is well known around the world, particularly its popular culture as expressed in animation, art, comics, cuisine, fashion, films, music, television, theatre and video games. (Full article...) Selected article – The Akutan Zero is inspected by US military personnel on Akutan Island on July 11, 1942. The Akutan Zero was a type 0 model 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Japanese fighter plane which crash-landed on Akutan Island during World War II. It was captured intact by the Americans in July 1942 and became the first flyable Zero acquired by the United States during the war. Following its capture, it was repaired and flown by American test pilots. As a result of information gained during these tests, American strategists were able to devise tactics to defeat the Zero, which was the Imperial Japanese Navy's primary fighter plane throughout the war. The Akutan Zero was "a prize almost beyond value to the United States", and "probably one of the greatest prizes of the Pacific war". Japanese historian Masatake Okumiya noted that the acquisition of the Akutan Zero "was no less serious" than the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway, and that it "did much to hasten [Japan's] final defeat". The Akutan Zero was destroyed in a training accident in 1945. Pieces of it are preserved in several museums in the United States. (Full article...) More selected articles Selected pictures Siege of Osaka Painting credit: unknown The siege of Osaka was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in the clan's dissolution. Divided into two stages (the winter campaign and the summer campaign), and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment. This eight-metre-long (26 ft) painting, titled The Summer Battle of Osaka Castle and executed on a Japanese folding screen, illustrates Osaka Castle under siege, and was commissioned by the daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa, who took a team of painters with him to the battlefield to record the event. The painting depicts 5071 people and 21 generals, and is held in the collection of Osaka Castle. Ase o fuku onna (woman wiping sweat), 1798. Utamaro Credit: Kitagawa Utamaro Ase o fuku onna (woman wiping sweat), 1798, a ukiyo-e print created by Kitagawa Utamaro. A Buddhist temple ruined after the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki#Nagasaki Credit: Cpl. Lynn P. Walker, Jr The destroyed remains of a Buddhist temple in Nagasaki, Japan. This picture was taken on September 24, 1945, six weeks after the city was destroyed by the world's second atomic bomb attack. Japanese government-issued currency in the Dutch East Indies Banknotes: Empire of Japan. Reproduction: National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution The Japanese-issued Netherlands Indies gulden was the currency issued by the Japanese Empire when it occupied the Dutch East Indies during World War II. Following the Dutch capitulation in March 1942, the Japanese closed all banks, seized assets and currency, and assumed control of the economy in the territory. They began issuing military banknotes, as had previously been done in other occupied territories. These were printed in Japan, but retained the name of the pre-war currency and replaced the Dutch gulden at par. From 1943 the military banknotes were replaced by identical bank-issued notes printed within the territory, and the currency was renamed the roepiah from 1944. The currency was replaced by the Indonesian rupiah in 1946, one year after the Japanese surrender and the country's independence. This note, denominated ten gulden, is part of the 1942 series. See other denominations: One cent · Five cents · Ten cents · Half gulden · One gulden, Five gulden, Ten gulden Plum Park in Kameido Print: Hiroshige Plum Park in Kameido is a woodblock print in the ukiyo-e genre by the Japanese artist Hiroshige. It was published in 1857 as the thirtieth print in the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series and depicts Prunus mume trees in bloom. Popular prints such as Plum Park in Kameido were produced in the tens of thousands at a low individual cost. After the opening up of Japan in 1853, they found a following in Europe, where they had a significant influence on the Impressionist artists such as Vincent van Gogh. See Van Gogh's derivative version A Japanese archer with targets. Ink on paper, 1878. Kyūdō Credit: Library of Congress A Japanese archer practicing the martial art of Kyūdō Ema at Meiji Shrine Ema (Shinto) Credit: Fg2 Ema are small wooden plaques on which Shinto worshipers write their prayers or wishes. They are then left hanging up at a shrine where the kami (spirits or gods) can read them. These ema were placed at Meiji Shrine. Writing by Emperor Saga Emperor Saga Credit: Emperor Saga Koku Saichō shounin (literally translated as "Cry for noble Saichō") was written by Emperor Saga when Buddhist monk Saichō died. This text is an example of the weakening influence Chinese calligraphy had on the Japanese writing system at the time. Japanese government-issued rupee in Burma Banknote design credit: Empire of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva The Japanese government-issued rupee in Burma was Japanese invasion money issued as a replacement for the local currency during the Japanese occupation of Burma in the Second World War. Like most Japanese colonial currency from this period, a letter code was used on the notes; the first or top letter "B" indicates that the note was printed in and issued for the State of Burma; the second letter or letters indicate the block (or printing batch) of the note. The higher-value notes depict Ananda Temple in Bagan on the obverse. This one-rupee banknote is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Other denominations: '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000010-QINU`"' * 1 cent * 5 cents * 10 cents * '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000011-QINU`"' 1⁄4 rupee * '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000012-QINU`"' 1⁄2 rupee * 5 rupees * 10 rupees * 100 rupees Atomic Bomb Dome and Aioi Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Credit: Dean S. Pemberton Panorama shot of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, commonly known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The Aioi Bridge, seen at the left side of the image, was the original target of the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. 1873 5 Yen gold coin proof Japanese yen#Coins Credit: JFS Both the obverse and reverse of a gold, Meiji era 5 yen coin. This particular proof coin was minted in 1873. Asahi Breweries Photograph credit: Basile Morin Asahi Breweries is a Japanese global beer, spirits, soft drinks and food business group. This photograph, taken during the blue hour with a full moon, shows the headquarters of Asahi Breweries in Sumida, Tokyo, as viewed from the wharf on the Sumida River near Azuma Bridge. The Asahi Beer Hall, topped by the Asahi Flame, designed by Philippe Starck, is visible on the right, with the Tokyo Skytree in the background on the left. Japanese battleship Yamato Image: Alexpl A line drawing of the Japanese battleship Yamato, the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, she was launched on 8 August 1940 and served as the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet in 1942. Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies registration card Document: Japanese occupation government; scan by the National Archives of the Netherlands A registration card for Louis Wijnhamer (1904–1975), an ethnic Dutch humanitarian who was captured soon after the Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies in March 1942. Prior to the occupation, many ethnic Europeans had refused to leave, expecting the Japanese occupation government to keep a Dutch administration in place. When Japanese troops took control of government infrastructure and services such as ports and postal services, 100,000 European (and some Chinese) civilians were interned in prisoner-of-war camps where the death rates were between 13 and 30 per cent. Wijnhamer was interned in a series of camps throughout Southeast Asia and, after the surrender of Japan, returned to what was now Indonesia, where he lived until his death. Tsingtao occupation money Banknote design credit: Bank of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva This picture shows a ten-sen banknote, in use during the 1914–1922 Japanese occupation of Tsingtao (Qingdao), China, as part of the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I. Issued by the Bank of Japan, the currency was based on the silver standard. This banknote, dated 1914, is in the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. Before the outbreak of World War I, German naval ships were located in the Pacific; Tsingtao developed into a major seaport while the surrounding Kiautschou Bay area was leased to Germany since 1898. During the war, Japanese and British Allied troops besieged the port in 1914 before capturing it from the German and Austro-Hungarian Central Powers, occupying the city and the surrounding region. It served as a base for the exploitation of the natural resources of Shandong province and northern China, and a "New City District" was established to furnish the Japanese colonists with commercial sections and living quarters. Tsingtao eventually reverted to Chinese rule by 1922. Siberian Intervention Image: Shobido & Co.; Restoration: Adam Cuerden A Japanese lithograph depicting the capture of Blagoveshchensk, Siberia, by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Siberian Intervention, part of a larger effort by the western powers and Japan to support White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army during the Russian Civil War. The Allied invasion took place in August 1918, and Japanese troops remained in Russia until October 1922. Japanese government-issued dollar in Malaya and Borneo Banknote design credit: Empire of Japan; photographed by Andrew Shiva The Japanese government-issued dollar was a form of currency issued between 1942 and 1945 for use within the territories of Singapore, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei, under occupation by Imperial Japan during World War II. The currency, informally referred to as "banana money", was released solely in the form of banknotes, as metals were considered essential to the war effort. The languages used on the notes were reduced to English and Japanese. Each note bears a different obverse and reverse design, but all have a similar layout, and were marked with stamped block letters that begin with "M" for "Malaya". This 1942 five-cent Japanese-issued banknote is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Other denominations: '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000013-QINU`"' * 1 cent * 5 cents * 10 cents * 50 cents * 1 dollar * 5 dollars * 10 dollars * 100 dollars (I) * 100 dollars (II) * 1000 dollars On this day... June 19: Events 1917 - RIKEN is installed in Tokyo as an institution that performs Japan's first basic and applied research. 1933 - Tanna Tunnel is completed, in 7.8 km, and was opened in December 1, 1934. 1944 - Mariana offshore battle. 1985 - Investment journal president Shigeki Nakae is arrested. Births 1301 - Prince Morikuni (d. 1333) 1909 - Osamu Dazai (d. 1948), author 1909 - Midori Naka (d. 1945), actress 1966 - Joi Ito, Japanese-American businessman 1973 - Yuko Nakazawa, singer and actress 1973 - Yasuhiko Yabuta, baseball player 1987 - Miho Fukuhara, singer and actress 1987 - Mutsumi Tamura, voice actress 1998 - Suzu Hirose, actress and model In the news 16 June 2026 – The Bank of Japan raises its interest rate to 1% from 0.75%, the highest level since 1995. (BBC News) (Bloomberg) 8 June 2026 – 2026 Mindanao earthquake Tsunamis are recorded in Guam, Palau and parts of Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) cancels its tsunami advisory issued for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands; while agencies in Australia, Malaysia, and New Zealand lift their respective warnings. The PTWC later confirms that the tsunami threat passes hours following its issuance of the warning for parts of the Pacific. (BBC News) (NHK) (The Straits Times) (RNZ) (tsunami.gov) 2 June 2026 – 2026 Pacific typhoon season At least 15 people are injured as Tropical Storm Jangmi brings heavy rainfall, lanslides, floods, and strong winds from Kyushu and the Okinawa Islands to the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan, prompting evacuation advisories for more than 800,000 residents. (AFP via CNA) (Kyodo News) 1 June 2026 – Middle Eastern crisis Iran–Japan relations Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that Iran will allow ships from Japan to pass the Strait of Hormuz. (Dawn) (AFP via The Times of Israel) 1 June 2026 – 2026 Pacific typhoon season A total of 82,921 people are evacuated across five municipalities in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Nine people are injured in Naha and 27 municipalities in the prefecture lose power. (Ryūkyū Shimpō) Selected quote – “ I have lived in the United States and I know the might of their industrial complex. The United States is a sleeping giant and I am afraid that our attack has awakened it. ” — Chuichi Nagumo, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy More selected quotes Selected biography – Hamasaki performing in Ningbo, 2024 Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ, Hamasaki Ayumi; born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and producer. Nicknamed the "Empress of Pop" on account of her influence throughout Asia, she is widely recognized for her versatile music production, songwriting, and live performances. Hamasaki is the best-selling solo artist in Japan, and a cultural icon of the Heisei era. Born and raised in Fukuoka, Hamasaki moved to Tokyo in 1993 to pursue a career in modeling and acting. In 1998, Hamasaki released her debut single "Poker Face" and debut major-label album A Song for ××. The album debuted at the top of the Oricon charts and remained there for five weeks, selling over a million copies. This rapid rise to fame was attributed to her lyrics, listeners praising her insight and relatability. Her next ten albums shipped over a million copies in Japan, with her third, Duty, selling nearly three million. A Best, her first compilation album, further established her position as a crowning artist with more than four million copies sold in Japan. It was at this time that she represented more than 40% of her record label's income. (Full article...) List of selected biographies Hasekura Tsunenaga Adolfo Farsari Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi Pierre Rossier Kanō Jigorō Toru Takemitsu Fujiwara no Teika Katsuhiko Nakajima Matsuo Bashō Tetsuji Takechi Toyohara Kunichika Koda Kumi Felice Beato Masako Katsura Murasaki Shikibu Ariwara no Narihira Kusumoto Ine Hiroh Kikai Yamashita Yoshitsugu Eir Aoi Kabukidō Enkyō Masashi Hamauzu Yoko Ono Rieko Kodama Maon Kurosaki Satoshi Kon Utagawa Toyoharu Hirai Kawato Kawaji Toshiyoshi Lady Saigō Satoru Iwata Morihei Ueshiba Fukuzawa Yukichi Kumeko Urabe Selected prefecture – Iwate Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on Honshū island. The capital is Morioka. Iwate was historically part of Mutsu Province. It was brought into the empire around 800. In the Jōmon period it was an area abundant in fishing and hunting. There were also Emishi settlements in the Kitakami Basin until the end of the eighth century when the Nara authorities penetrated deeply into Iwate, with Fort Shiwa, to the north of present day Morioka, constructed in 803. Iwate was struck by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on June 14, 2008. Iwate faces the Pacific Ocean to the east, and borders Aomori Prefecture on the north, Akita Prefecture on the west, and Miyagi Prefecture on the south. The prefecture has mountains in the west, north and east, with the valley of the Kitakami River running from north to south through the center of the province and including the capital. The coast is very rugged, with little in between the mountains and the sea. Of the several theories about the origin of the name ‘Iwate’, the most well known tale, 'Oni no tegata,' is that associated with Mitsuishi Shrine in Morioka. According to the legend, there was once a devil who often tormented and harassed the local people. When the people prayed to the spirits of Mitsuishi for protection, the devil was immediately shackled to the rocks and made to promise never to trouble the people again. As a sign of this promise the devil left a handprint on one of the rocks, thus giving rise to the name Iwate, literally meaning ‘rock hand’. Did you know... – ... that a kichō (pictured) is a portable multi-paneled silk partition used in aristocratic households during and following the Heian period in Japan? ... that Aritsugu, a supplier of swords to the Imperial House of Japan during the 16th century, now produces cooking knives and utensils? ... that the Japanese band Daisy × Daisy provided the song "Brave your truth" as the opening theme song of the episodes of the Chrome Shelled Regios anime? ... that two of the members of Japanese idol group HKT48 are in elementary school? ... that the single "My Girl" by Arashi currently holds the third largest first-week sales of 2009 in Japan? General images The following are images from various Japan-related articles on Wikipedia. The map depicts the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, Japan Trench, Izu–Ogasawara Trench, and Mariana Trench. (from Geography of Japan) Hōryū-ji is widely known to be the oldest wooden architecture existing in the world. (from Culture of Japan) Mount Fuji and sakura (cherry blossoms) are national symbols of Japan (from Culture of Japan) The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (from Geography of Japan) Traditional breakfast at a ryokan (from Culture of Japan) Prince Shōtoku was a semi-legendary regent of the Asuka period, and considered to be the first major sponsor of Buddhism in Japan. (from History of Japan) Noh play at traditional Noh theatre (from Culture of Japan) Dogū figurine of the late Jōmon period (1000–400 BC) (from History of Japan) Relief map of the land and the seabed of Japan. It shows the surface and underwater terrain of the Japanese archipelago. (from Geography of Japan) Kinkaku-ji was built in 1397 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (from History of Japan) The islands comprising the Japanese archipelago were separated from the Asian continent by back-arc spreading. (from Geography of Japan) Japan in 1582, showing territory conquered by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in gray (from History of Japan) A vase from the early Jōmon period (11000–7000 BC) (from History of Japan) The Nanpō Islands of the Japanese archipelago (from Geography of Japan) Two students practicing kendo at Hiroshima University (from Culture of Japan) Lake Tōya and Shōwa-shinzan in Shikotsu-Tōya National Park (from Geography of Japan) Map of the Kantō Plain (from Geography of Japan) Edo period screen depicting the Battle of Sekigahara. It began on 21 October 1600, with a total of 160,000 men facing each other. (from History of Japan) U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson signing the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 8 September 1951 (from History of Japan) Satsuma samurai during boshin war period (late 1860s) (from History of Japan) The Black Ship Portuguese traders that came from Goa and Macau once a year (from History of Japan) Later Three-Year War in the 11th century (from History of Japan) Taiheiyō Belt (from Geography of Japan) Middle Jōmon vase (2000 BC) (from History of Japan) Miniature model of the ancient capital Heian-kyō (from History of Japan) Extreme points of Japan (from Geography of Japan) Kobe Airport in Osaka Bay (from Geography of Japan) Atomic cloud over Hiroshima, 1945 (from History of Japan) Torii entrance gate at Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto (from Culture of Japan) The summit of Mount Fuji is the highest point in Japan. (from Geography of Japan) Japanese archipelago with outlined islands (from Geography of Japan) A map of Japan's major cities, main towns and selected smaller centers (from Geography of Japan) The Daibutsu-den, within the complex of Tōdai-ji. This Buddhist temple was sponsored by the Imperial Court during the Nara period. (from History of Japan) Ukiyo-e based on kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, by Utagawa Kunimasa (from Culture of Japan) Reconstruction of a Jōmon family from the Sannai-Maruyama Site (from History of Japan) Sakurajima eruption on October 3, 2009 (from Geography of Japan) Woman in kimono at Fukuoka City Hall (from Culture of Japan) The Empire of Japan in 1939 (from History of Japan) Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. (from History of Japan) Japan (Iapam) and Korea, in the 1568 Portuguese map of the cartographer João Vaz Dourado (from History of Japan) Japanese experts inspect the scene of the alleged railway sabotage on South Manchurian Railway that led to the Mukden Incident and the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. (from History of Japan) A social hierarchy chart based on old academic theories. Such hierarchical diagrams were removed from Japanese textbooks after various studies in the 1990s revealed that peasants, craftsmen, and merchants were in fact equal and merely social categories. Successive shoguns held the highest or near-highest court ranks, higher than most court nobles. (from History of Japan) Kokin Wakashū, an early anthology of the waka form of Japanese poetry, National Treasure; early twelfth century; at the Tokyo National Museum (from Culture of Japan) Fumie Hihara playing the shamisen, Guimet Museum, Paris (from Culture of Japan) Samurai could kill a commoner for the slightest insult and were widely feared by the Japanese population. Edo period (1798) (from History of Japan) The word Nihon written in kanji (horizontal placement of characters). The text means "Japan" in Japanese. (from History of Japan) A map of Japan (from Geography of Japan) Aerial view of Lake Biwa (from Geography of Japan) Territorial extent of Yamato court during the Kofun period (from History of Japan) The Kuril Islands, with their Russian names. The borders of the Treaty of Shimoda (1855) and the Treaty of St. Petersburg (1875) are shown in red. Currently, all islands northeast of Hokkaido are administered by Russia. (from Geography of Japan) A handscroll painting dated c. 1130, illustrating a scene from the "Bamboo River" chapter of The Tale of Genji (from History of Japan) Daisenryō Kofun, Osaka (from History of Japan) Amida Buddha, Kōtoku-in (from Culture of Japan) Jesus statue in Yokohama (from Culture of Japan) A Yayoi period bronze bell (dōtaku) of the 3rd century AD (from History of Japan) Tokyo in 2010 (from History of Japan) Japan's exclusive economic zones:   Japan's EEZ   Joint regime with Republic of Korea   EEZ claimed by Japan, disputed by others (from Geography of Japan) Izu Islands south of Tokyo (from Geography of Japan) Emperor Meiji, the 122nd Emperor of Japan (from History of Japan) Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder of the Kamakura shogunate in 1192. This was the first military government in which the shogun with the samurai were the de facto rulers of Japan. (from History of Japan) Mount Aso 4 pyroclastic flow and the spread of Aso 4 tephra (90,000 to 85,000 years ago). The pyroclastic flow reached almost the whole area of Kyushu, and volcanic ash was deposited of 15 cm in a wide area from Kyushu to southern Hokkaido. (from Geography of Japan) Planes from the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor (from History of Japan) Sea of Japan (from Geography of Japan) Portrait of Ashikaga Takauji who was the founder and first shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (from History of Japan) Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu, Japan (from Geography of Japan) Wreckage at a railway station destroyed during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami (from History of Japan) Tectonic map of Japan (French) (from Geography of Japan) Emperor Shōwa was in power during World War II (from History of Japan) Seto Inland Sea (from Geography of Japan) The Ryukyu Islands administered by Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture (from Geography of Japan) A Köppen climate classification map of Japan (from Geography of Japan) Vegetation during the Last Glacial Maximum (16,000 BCE) (from Geography of Japan) American general Douglas MacArthur and emperor Hirohito, at their first meeting, September 1945 (from History of Japan) Landscape of the Osaka City under the leaving Administration. (from History of Japan) Newly-wed Emperor Naruhito, then Crown Prince, wearing a sokutai and Empress Masako, then-Crown Princess, wearing a jūnihitoe. Costumes of these styles have been worn by the Imperial family since the Heian period, when a unique Japanese style developed. (from Culture of Japan) Guardian in Tōdai-ji, Nara (from Culture of Japan) Regions and prefectures of Japan (from Geography of Japan) A topographic map of Japan (from Geography of Japan) Pair of byōbu with a leopard, tiger and dragon by Kanō Sanraku (from Culture of Japan) Map showing the territories of major daimyō families around 1570 (from History of Japan) Ritsurin Garden (from Culture of Japan) The Empire of Japan at its peak in 1942:    Territory (1870–1895)    Acquisitions (1895–1930)    Acquisitions (1930–1942) (from History of Japan) Chinese generals surrendering to the Japanese in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) (from History of Japan) Shinano River in Niigata City (from Geography of Japan) Buddhist temple of Hōryū-ji is the oldest wooden structure in the world. It was commissioned by Prince Shotoku and represents the beginning of Buddhism in Japan. (from History of Japan) Japan at the Last Glacial Maximum in the Late Pleistocene about 20,000 years ago   Regions above sea level   Unvegetated   Sea (from History of Japan) Shigeru Yoshida was one of the longest serving prime ministers in Japanese history (1946–1947 and 1948–1954). 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