{"id":952,"date":"2025-02-28T00:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T00:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/japan\/?page_id=952"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:44:57","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/japan\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignfull stk-block-columns stk-block stk-cf247fd stk-block-background stk--has-background-overlay\" data-block-id=\"cf247fd\"><style>.stk-cf247fd .stk--block-align-cf247fd{align-items:flex-start !important;}.stk-cf247fd {background-color:var(u002du002dtheme-palette-color-4, #000000) !important;background-image:url(https:\/\/bhiggs.x10hosting.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HistoryOfJapan.png) !important;background-attachment:fixed !important;background-position:center center !important;background-repeat:no-repeat !important;background-size:cover !important;min-height:508px !important;align-items:flex-start !important;padding-top:310px !important;padding-right:35px !important;padding-bottom:180px !important;padding-left:35px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;display:flex !important;top:-5px !important;}.stk-cf247fd:before{background-color:var(u002du002dtheme-palette-color-4, #000000) !important;opacity:0 !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-cf247fd {min-height:390px !important;padding-top:210px !important;padding-bottom:140px !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-center stk--block-align-cf247fd stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-cf247fd-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-1d93b9f\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"1d93b9f\"><style>.stk-1d93b9f-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-right:auto !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;margin-left:0px !important;min-height:0px !important;max-width:1500px !important;min-width:auto !important;}.stk-1d93b9f {align-self:flex-start !important;max-width:1500px !important;min-width:auto !important;margin-top:-200px !important;top:100px !important;left:-12px !important;opacity:1 !important;}.stk-1d93b9f-inner-blocks{align-items:flex-start !important;justify-content:center !important;row-gap:0px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-1d93b9f-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"has-text-align-center stk--column-flex stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-1d93b9f-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-436ce8b\" id=\"iti\" data-block-id=\"436ce8b\"><style>.stk-436ce8b {margin-top:-67px !important;margin-right:90px !important;margin-bottom:16px !important;top:-21px !important;}.stk-436ce8b .stk-block-heading__text{text-shadow:4px 4px 0px #000000ff !important;font-size:70px !important;color:#fcb900 !important;line-height:1em !important;font-weight:800 !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-436ce8b {margin-top:49px !important;margin-right:108px !important;top:17px !important;bottom:1px !important;left:65px !important;}.stk-436ce8b .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:50px !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-436ce8b {margin-top:18px !important;top:42px !important;}.stk-436ce8b .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:38px !important;}}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-palette-color-8-color has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"History\"><\/span>History<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-ad51fb0\" data-block-id=\"ad51fb0\"><style>.stk-ad51fb0 {max-width:55% !important;min-width:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important;margin-left:auto !important;right:3px !important;left:-100px !important;}.stk-ad51fb0 .stk-block-text__text{text-shadow:4px 4px 0px #000000ff !important;font-size:38px !important;color:#fcb900 !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-ad51fb0 {min-height:0px !important;max-width:100% !important;min-width:auto !important;bottom:-29px !important;left:70px !important;}.stk-ad51fb0 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:38px !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-ad51fb0 {margin-top:-33px !important;margin-bottom:33px !important;top:57px !important;left:8px !important;}.stk-ad51fb0 .stk-block-text__text{font-size:33px !important;}}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text has-text-color has-palette-color-8-color has-text-align-left has-text-align-center-mobile\">Ninjas and Samurai, and&#8230; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-6a8268d\" data-block-id=\"6a8268d\"><style>.stk-6a8268d {height:31px !important;}@media screen and (max-width:999px){.stk-6a8268d {height:33px !important;}}@media screen and (max-width:689px){.stk-6a8268d {height:32px !important;}}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Brief_History_of_Japan\"><\/span>A Brief History of Japan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Timeline_of_the_History_of_Japan\"><\/span>A Timeline of the History of Japan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"align wp-block-tlgb-b-timeline-block\" id='BTimelineBlock-1'\r\n  data-attributes='{&quot;timelines&quot;:[{&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg xmlns=&#039;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 448 512&#039;&gt;&lt;path d=&#039;M64 32C28.7 32 0 60.7 0 96V416c0 35.3 28.7 64 64 64h98.2V334.2H109.4V256h52.8V222.3c0-87.1 39.4-127.5 125-127.5c16.2 0 44.2 3.2 55.7 6.4V172c-6-.6-16.5-1-29.6-1c-42 0-58.2 15.9-58.2 57.2V256h83.6l-14.4 78.2H255V480H384c35.3 0 64-28.7 64-64V96c0-35.3-28.7-64-64-64H64z&#039;\\\/&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2002&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Jomon Period ( - 300 BCE )&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&lt;br&gt;The early Japanese were mainly gatherers, hunters and fishers.&quot;,&quot;isAddTinyEditor&quot;:false},{&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg xmlns=&#039;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg&#039; 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