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Japan

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Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, comprising four major islands alongside over 14,000 smaller islands. Between the 4th and 6th centuries its kingdoms were united under an emperor, and after rule by successive shogunates Japan was unified in 1600 by the Tokugawa shogunate; the Meiji Restoration of 1868 ended the shogunate and restored imperial power, and after defeat in World War II Japan came under Allied occupation until 1952. Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature known as the National Diet.

Facts
Government Type
Constitutional monarchy 2
Capital
Tokyo 2
Government type (class)
Monarchy 1
Classification
Status (Extant or Former)
Extant 1
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How did the shogunate period in Japan come to an end?

An American fleet forced Japan to open trade in 1853; the shogunate ended and imperial power was restored in 1868.

Japan was unified in 1600 by the Tokugawa shogunate, which followed an isolationist foreign policy. In 1853 an American fleet forced Japan to open trade to the West, and this led to the end of the shogunate and the restoration of imperial power in 1868.
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Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
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was a Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher and writer during the Edo period
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was a Japanese Confucian philosopher
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was a Japanese Neo-Confucianist philosopher and botanist
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was a Japanese scholar of Kokugaku
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was a Japanese aesthetician, actor, and playwright
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Japan
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    which led to the end of the shogunate and the restoration of imperial power in 1868
  • Japan: Status
    Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, and the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands alongside over 14,000 smaller islands.
  • In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
    Japan is an island country in East Asia.
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2. Wikipedia: Japan
  • Government and politics, lead sentence
    Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral legislature known as the National Diet.
  • Infobox, Capital and largest city
    Tokyo is the country's capital and largest city.
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Douglas MacArthur (Wikipedia)
Ruled By: Douglas MacArthur, Lead section [ruled]
Quote, Ruled By: Douglas MacArthur, Lead section [ruled]
effective ruler of Japan
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