How long is the history of Japan?

About 2000 years.

Humans first appeared in the Japanese archipelago 200,000 years ago, and the earliest known Japanese human fossils date back to about 30,000 years ago. According to records in "Kojiki" and "Nihon Shoki", the first emperor, Emperor Jimmu, founded the country and ascended the throne in 660 BC. His accession date was equivalent to February 11 in the Western calendar, so this day was designated as the "Foundation Day" .

Japan’s first unified political power, the Yamato Kingdom, emerged in the 4th century AD. Later, after the Daika Reform, the emperor system was established, the culture of the Tang Dynasty was introduced, and the political system of the Tang Dynasty of China was imitated in an attempt to create a country with a legal system. .

In 710, Emperor Yuanmei moved the capital to Heijōkyo. Japan entered the Nara period, and the country with the legal system became increasingly mature. The territory of the Yamato regime also gradually expanded at this time, conquering parts of Tohoku and southern Kyushu.

At the end of the 12th century, Japan began the 600-year-old shogunate era. The Kamakura shogunate and the Muromachi shogunate came to power one after another. During this period, it experienced a century and a half of the Warring States Period and the Battle of Bunroku Keicho led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the Edo shogunate implemented a policy of seclusion for more than 200 years. After the Black Ship Incident in 1854, people with lofty ideals in Japan put forward calls such as "respect the king and repel the barbarians". The Edo shogunate was under pressure from public opinion. After that, he was forced to return the power to Emperor Meiji, which was known as the "return of great power" in history.

In 1867, Emperor Meiji reorganized the internal affairs, enriched the country and strengthened the military. After World War I, it briefly experienced the Taisho democratic period. In the 1930s, it fell under the control of the military and implemented militarism. However, it was defeated by the Allies in 1945. Later announced his surrender.

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The Meiji period (1868-1912) is called the Meiji Era.

After the Imperial Restoration Order and the Boshin War, the feudal lords who supported the imperial court established the Meiji Imperial Government of Japan. The old feudal lords lived in hardship under the New Deal, which turned into the Southwest War, and later order was gradually restored. ?

The new government actively introduced various European and American systems, abolished feudal lords and established counties, etc. These reforms are called the Meiji Restoration. On the one hand, the new government established national systems, such as the establishment of the Imperial Parliament and the formulation of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan; on the other hand, it promoted the cultivation of industry and strengthening the military (to enrich the country and strengthen the army) as national policies, and rapidly developed into a modern country.

In addition, in 1879, it invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom, a tributary state of the Qing Dynasty, and changed its name to Okinawa Prefecture. Japan also won the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 and the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. Through unequal treaties such as the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Japan annexed Taiwan and its affiliated islands (including the Diaoyu Islands), and forcibly occupied the southern part of Northeast China.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Japanese History