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1. JAPANESE
CIVILIZATION

2. History of Japan
Paleolithic Age
Polished stone axes, excavated at Hinatabayashi B site, Shinano city, Nagano. Pre-Jōmon period,
30,000 BC. Tokyo National Museum

3. Ancient Japan
JOmon period
Yayoi period
 kofun period
Classical Japan
Asuka period
Nara period
Heian period

4. Feudal Japan (1185–1868)
Kamakura period
Kemmu period
Muromach period
Sengoku period
Azuchi-Momoyama period
Christian missions
Edo ("Tokugawa") period (1603–1868)

5. RELIGION
RELIGION
Upper estimates suggest that 84–96 percent of the Japanese
population subscribe to Buddhism or Shinto, including a large
number of followersestimates suggest that 84–96both religions.
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the Japanese population subscribe
to Buddhism or Shinto, including a large
only 30 % of the populationofidentify themselves
number of followers a syncretismof both as
belonging to a religion
religions
the level of participation remains high, especially
during festivals
one percent of Japanese are Christian

6. Shinto
Shinto, meaning "the way of the gods", is Japan's indigenous religion
and is practiced by about 83% of the population.
Shinto originated in prehistoric times as a religion with a respect
for nature and for particular sacred sites.
These sites may have originally been used to worship the sun, rock
formations, trees and even sounds.
Typical Shinto shrine with paper streamers made out of
unprocessed hemp fibre.

7. Buddhism
The history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three
periods, namely the Nara period (710-794), the Heian period (794–
1185) and the post-Heian period (1185 onwards)
The Tōshōdai-ji was an early
Buddhist temple in Nara

8. Languages
The Major Language Speak in Japan is JAPANESE
More than 99 percent of the population
speaks Japanese as their first language
Japanese is an agglutinative language and a mora-
timed language. It has a relatively small sound
inventory, and a lexically significant pitch-
accent system