Term: Nihon
Description
Early inhabitants, Ainu, were driven N by Manchu-Korean & Malayan invaders; imperial line was founded 7th cen. BC; adopted handwriting & much of Chinese culture 6th-9th cen.; emperor controlled by Shogunates 12th-19th cen.; European contact 16-19th cen.;official language is Japanese.
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late 18th or early 19th century
late 18th or early 19th century