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'''Japan''' (Japanese: 日本, ''Nippon'' or ''Nihon)'' is an island country located in Northeast Asia. The Japanese islands extend from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Tokara Strait, and are bordered by the Eastern Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Japan shares a border with the [[Ainu Mosir|Ainu National Republic]] on the island of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaido Ezo] and is a stone's throw away from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amami_Islands Amami Islands] of [[Tauland]].
==History==
{{Main|History of Japan}}▼
=== <small>Early history</small> ===
▲{{Main|History of Japan}}
Japan has been inhabited since the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of the archipelago appears in a Chinese chronicle finished in the 2nd century. Between the 4th and 9th centuries, the kingdoms and tribes of Japan became unified under the Yamato emperor, with the Court based in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian-ky%C5%8D Kyoto]. Beginning in the 12th century, political power was held by a series of military dictators (''shōgun'') and feudal lords (''daimyō''), and enforced by a class of warrior nobility (''samurai'').
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