Glossary of Japanese history

This is the glossary of Japanese history including the major terms, titles and events the casual (or brand-new) reader might find useful in understanding articles on the subject.

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Paleolithic	before 14,000 BC
Jōmon	14,000 – 1000 BC
Yayoi	1000 BC – 300 AD
Kofun	300 AD – 538 AD
Asuka	538 – 710
Nara	710 – 794
Heian Former Nine Years' War Later Three-Year War Genpei War	794–1185
Kamakura Jōkyū War Mongol invasions Genkō War Kenmu Restoration	1185–1333
Muromachi Nanboku-chō period Sengoku period	1336–1573
Azuchi–Momoyama Nanban trade Imjin War Battle of Sekigahara	1573–1603
Edo (Tokugawa) Tokugawa shogunate Invasion of Ryukyu Siege of Osaka Sakoku Perry Expedition Convention of Kanagawa Bakumatsu Meiji Restoration Boshin War	1603–1868
Meiji Invasion of Taiwan (1874) Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War Treaty of Shimonoseki Triple Intervention Invasion of Taiwan (1895) Colonization of Taiwan Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War Treaty of Portsmouth Japan–Korea Treaty Colonization of Korea	1868–1912
Taishō World War I Intervention in Siberia Great Kantō earthquake	1912–1926
Shōwa Militarism Financial crisis Nanking incident Mukden Incident Invasion of Manchuria May 15 incident February 26 incident Anti-Comintern Pact Tripartite Pact Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Attack on Pearl Harbor Pacific War Atomic bombings Soviet–Japanese War Surrender of Japan Occupation of Japan Postwar Japan Anpo protests Economic miracle Asset price bubble	1926–1989
Heisei Lost Decades Great Hanshin earthquake Cool Japan Tōhoku earthquake Imperial transition	1989–2019
Reiwa COVID-19 pandemic Abe assassination	2019–present

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