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Last Japanese Holdouts?

April 8, 2009 in Modern Japan (Spring 2009), chronology, follow-up answers, not homework | No comments

Turns out that I was wrong: I’d heard reports of Japanese soldiers in the 80s and 90s, but none of them have turned out to be authentic. The last confirmed surrenders were in 1974 and 1980.

A very short history of the Kamakura period

September 4, 2008 in Kamakura, chronology, samurai | No comments

  • 1180-1185: Gempei War
  • 1185-1199: Minamoto Yoritomo in control of Kamakura government
  • 1199: Minamoto Yoritomo dies, leaving child heir. Hojo family establishes regency
  • 1221: Jokyu disturbance
  • 1230s: Goseibai shikimoku promulgated
  • 1274, 1281: Mongol invasions at Hakata
  • 1333: Kemmu Restoration

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