Japanese history

Disasters

The Japan Air Lines Flight 123 Disaster

On the evening of 12 August 1985, Japan Air Lines Flight 123 prepared to leave Tokyo’s Haneda Airport for Osaka…

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Warfare

The Rise of the Samurai

The samurai emerged from the shifting political and economic landscape of the late Heian period in Japan, roughly the ninth…

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Disasters

The Great Kantō Earthquake

On 1 September 1923, Japan experienced one of the most devastating natural disasters in its history. The Great Kantō Earthquake…

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