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WEBQuick, basic overviews on Japan's culture, society, and more. Video views of the country and its people, places, and many charms. Video.
Shinkansen Route Map - nippon.com
WEBMar 16, 2024 · Discover the history and expansion of Japan's high-speed train service, the Shinkansen, with this interactive route map and informative features.
The Japanese Climate - nippon.com
WEBJun 25, 2016 · By contrast, in summer the Pacific side of the country is rainier, due in part to typhoons, while the Japan Sea side has mostly sunny days. Average temperature below 0°C in winter. Low annual ...
The Japanese School System | Nippon.com
WEBJan 11, 2016 · In Japan, education is compulsory roughly from the age of 6 to the age of 15. The school year begins in April, so almost all children who have turned 6 by April 1 each year enter elementary school ...
Traditional Japanese Houses - nippon.com
WEBJul 23, 2016 · Squat toilets were once standard in Japanese homes, but they have been superseded by. Many people sleep in beds, but traditional futons are still popular. A 2013 survey by Nifty found that 50% of ...
How the War with Japan Saved the Chinese Communist Party
WEBJul 27, 2021 · The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) was a devastating ordeal for China, but it was also, paradoxically, the salvation of the Communist Party of China. On the eve of the July 1937 Marco Polo ...
Traditional Japanese Patterns - nippon.com
WEBFeb 17, 2020 · Here are some of the best-known traditional Japanese patterns. This pattern was favored by samurai for use in auspicious crests because it was a play on words. (to capture nine castles). It holds ...
Oda Nobunaga and the Struggle to Unify Japan | Nippon.com
WEBJan 8, 2020 · Oda Nobunaga was born in 1534, in the middle of the Warring States period (1467–1568). The Ashikaga clan had established the Muromachi shogunate in 1338, but its control in the east of the ...
Mount Fuji’s History of Eruptions | Nippon.com
WEBApr 3, 2019 · Mount Fuji is a Japanese icon, and at 3,776 meters the country’s tallest peak. Its elegant symmetry, spreading outward like a hand fan from summit to base, is the result of repeated occurrences ...
Jōmon Japan: Prehistoric Culture and Society - nippon.com
WEBJan 21, 2020 · Japan’s ancient Jōmon culture is defined as belonging to a period stretching from the emergence of pottery, around 16,500 years ago at the earliest, to the beginning of dry-field rice farming ...
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