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| Northward current which skirts Honshu's South-Eastern Coast |
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| Current which flows from the East China Sea to the Sea of Japan |
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| Southward current which skirts Hokkaido & Collides with the Kuroshio current. |
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| The ancient administrative Center of Japan. Near present-day Kyoto. |
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| The 6 (Later 7) general divisions of Japan, radiating from the Kinai like beams from the Sun. |
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| The smaller provinces into which each Do was divided. |
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| The smaller provinces into which the Kinai was divided. |
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| Later holdings of the Samurai Lords which overlay the older structure of Kunis and Guns. |
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| East (東). Prefecture suffix. |
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| Road (道) Prefecture suffix. |
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| Fortune (福). Prefecture suffix. |
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| West of the Barrier, or center region of Honshu (関西） |
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| Geographic Plate Boundary where one plate subducts (goes beneath) the other. Japan is formed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate to the Mainland. |
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| A large wave caused by the displacement of water during an Earthquake. |
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| A hurricane, which in Japan comes from the south. |
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| Cement polygonal shapes which cover beaches to prevent erosion. |
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| A copper mine whose pollution caused inedible fish in the 1890s. |
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| An activist who raised awareness of the Ashio copper mine. |
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| An island off Kyushu whose waters were poisoned by mercury from 1920-on. |
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| 12,000-2,500. Known for their shell mounds & pottery. |
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| 500BC - 300AD. Start of Chinese immigration and rice cultivation. |
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| 300AD - 550AD. Known for their large tombs. Rise of the Yamamoto state. |
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| 550AD-710AD. 2nd Chinese migration. Imported Chinese traditional government as well as Bhuddism. |
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| 710AD-784AD. The first capital city was built (Nara). |
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| 794-1185AD. Marked by a decrease of Chinese influence and a rise of Estate Power (feudalism). |
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| 1185-1333AD> Beginning of the Samurai Warriors which were organized to fight off the mongols during this period. |
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| 1338AD - 1573AD. Kyoto is again the capital. Largely feudal, but politically weak. First contact with the West. |
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| 1573-1598AD. Period of the 3 Great Unifyers: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa. |
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| 1603-1868AD. Highly efficient feudal system. Closed trade with the West. |
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| 1868-1912AD. Reformative. Re-opened trade to and emulated almost exactly the West. Highly militarized and anti-Feudal. |
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| 1912-1926. Interim period where Japan temporarily adapted to Western Liberalism. |
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| 1926-1989. Period wherein Japan became a large Empire, was defeated, and became Democratic. |
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| 1989-Present. Current Emperor. Mostly ceremonial, little real power. |
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| The old, pre-Meiji name for Hokkaido. |
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| First modern cartographer of Japan. |
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| 19th century explorer of Hokkaido. |
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| 1853-1854 'war' at Tokyo. Lead to Treaty of Tokyo. |
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| Treaty of 1855 between Russia and Japan. Opened 3 ports and set their first formal border. |
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| 1894. Victory by Japan against China. Taiwan is added to Japanese lands via the Treaty of Shimonoseki. |
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| 1904-1905. Victory by Japan against Russia. Korea added to Japanese lands via the treaty of Portsmouth. |
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| Japan invasion of Siberia under American auspices. The pretense was a search for missing Czechs. |
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| The Kuril Is. & Sakaline which have historically been the site of turf War between Japan & Russia. |
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| Lands claimed by both Korea and Japan. Was first known as the Liam Court Rocks. |
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| Literally, to thin out. Refers to the purposeful thinning out of Japan's population during ancient times. |
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| Reinstated birth-control measures outlawed in WWII. |
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| Literally a Fiery Horse. Symbolically occurs every 60 years and predicts wild and independent women. Lead to a decreased birth rate in 1966. |
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| Seasonal Labor. Workers would come to Tokyo for the winter then return to Farm in the summer. |
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| Migrants who came to the big city, got a degree, then returned straight home. |
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| Migrants who come to the big city, get a degree, then return to a city near home. |
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