| 1867 |
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Emperor Meiji restored after centuries of Shogun rule |
| 1877 |
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Satsuma Rebellion in Japan against introduction of new ideas |
| 1894 |
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Japan invades China - annexes Formosa and Korea |
| 1926 |
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Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan |
| 1931 |
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Japanese invade Manchuria |
| 1937 |
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Japanese advance into Northern China and Mongolia |
| 1940 |
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Japan occupies Indo-China |
| 1941 |
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Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbour brings US into Second World War |
| 1945 |
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Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Japan surrenders |
| 1951 |
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American post-war occupation of Japan ends |
| 1989 |
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Akihito succedes his father Hirohito as Emperor of Japan |
| 1995 |
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The Great Hanshin earthquake hits Kobe, Japan, killing over 6,000 |
