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Japan Dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Matthew Perry goes to Japan to demand trading privileges with Japan. | 1853 |
| Japanese leaders adopt western ideas and modernize the country. | 1880's |
| Japan takes land in China and spread their influence to Southeast Asia. | 1930's |
| Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. | 1941 |
| Japan surrenders and WWII ends. | September 1945 |
| Douglas MacArthur helps rebuild Japan and creates the MacArthur Constitution. | After September 1945 |
| Hirohito is the emperor. | prior to WWII and after WWII until 1989 |
| Akihito is the emperor. | 1989 |
| Japan adopts their first constitution. | 1947 |