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Modern Japanese civilization was founded about 1600 BC and
Buddhism was introduced in the 6th Century BC. Feudalism
dominated the country from 1191 when Shoguns (Military Dictators)
dominated until 1867. In 1868 Emperor Meiji recovered a
centralized system of government. Portuguese and Dutch initiated
minor trade with Japan in the 16th and 17th Centuries. In a
treaty with the United States in 1854, Commodore Matthew C. Perry
opened Japan to U.S. trade and business. In 1894 to '95, Japan
fought China and gained control of Taiwan. After war with Russia
in 1904-05, Japan was forced to relinquish Sakhalin and give
concessions to China. In 1910 Japan annexed Korea. In World War
I, Japan took control of Shantung and other German Pacific
islands. Manchuria (Part of northeastern China) fell in 1931 and
in 1932 full scale war with China broke out. On December 7,
1941, Japan launched a raid against United States navy bases at
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and succeeded in bringing the United
States into World War II. Japan surrendered on August 14, 1945
after two successful uses of the first atomic weapons. A new
constitution was drawn on May 3, 1947 and complete Japanese
sovereignty was established on September 8, 1951. During the
next twenty years, Japan was returned all previously controlled
Pacific islands and resumed diplomatic relations with all Pacific
nations. After World War II, Japan emerged as one the leaders of
the economic and industrialized world. @