Geographical Location - Japan
- Assault on Iwo Jima
- Atomic Bombing of Japan
- Atomic Bombs Destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Battle of Nagashino
- Battle of Okinawa
- Battle of Sekigahara
- Battle of Tsushima
- Birth of Shintō
- Compact Disc Players Are Introduced
- Compact Discs Reach the Market
- Esaki Demonstrates Electron Tunneling in Semiconductors
- Gempei War
- Gentlemen’s Agreement
- Hashimoto Forms the Roots of Nissan Motor Company
- Himiko Rules the Yamatai
- Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
- International Whaling Ban Goes into Effect
- Japan Becomes the World’s Largest Automobile Producer
- Japan Ends Property Restrictions on Voting Rights
- Japan Has Its Worst Nuclear Accident
- Japanese Civil Wars of 1331-1392
- Japanese Civil Wars of 1450-1550
- Japanese Constitution Grants New Rights to Women
- Japanese Military in the Twentieth Century
- Japanese Wars of Unification
- Japan’s Seikan Tunnel Is Completed
- Jimmu Tennō Becomes the First Emperor of Japan
- Jōmon Culture Thrives in Japan
- Kofun Period Unifies Japan
- Minamata Bay Mercury Poisoning Claims Victims
- North Korea Fires Missile Across Japan
- Ōjin Tennō, First Historical Emperor of Japan, Reigns
- Ōnin War
- Optical Disks for the Storage of Computer Data Are Introduced
- Perry Opens Trade with Japan
- Peruvian President Fujimori Resigns While in Japan
- Powerful Earthquake Hits Kobe, Japan
- The Recruit Scandal Surfaces in Japan
- Reformers Realign Japan’s Political Parties
- Russian Military in the Twentieth Century
- Russo-Japanese War
- Samurai
- Shimabara Revolt
- Siege of Osaka Castle
- Sony Develops the Pocket-Sized Transistor Radio
- Sony Introduces the Betamax
- Sony Introduces the Walkman
- Soviet Union Downs South Korean Airliner
- Superfortress Bombing of Japan
- Terrorists Release Toxic Gas in Tokyo Subway
