Japan is an island country located in East Asia.
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Nisshōki or Hinomaru
History[]
Jomon (prehistory- 900 BCE)
Yayoi (900 BCE- CE 250)
Yamato period (250- 710)
- Kofun period (250- 538)
- Asuka period (538-710)
Nara period (710- 794)
Heian period (794- 1185)
Kamakura period (1185- 1333)
Muromachi period (1336- 1573)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573- 1603)
- Nanban period (1543- 1650)
Edo period (1600- 1867)
Meiji period (1868- 1912)
Taisho period (1912- 1926)
Showa period (1926- 1989)
- Japanese expansionism (1926- 1945)
- Occupied Japan (1945- 1952)
- Post-Occupation Japan (1952- 1989)
Heisei (1989- present)