Japan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Yokohama , forms the worlds most populous metropolitan...among the highest in the world. The climate ranges...formed after World War II and attracted many...the defeat in World War II, and its merchant...services, with some of the worlds largest banks, but...official dogma until 1945. Actually, reliable...were marked by civil wars, during which the feudal...the midst of incessant wars there was a brisk development...control. In 1854 an American naval officer, Matthew C...First Sino-Japanese War (1894 95) marked the...recognized Japan as a world power. A territorial...Comintern ). In 1938 and 1939 armed clashes took place...bombing; and finally in 1945, following the explosion...China, SE Asia, the Philippines, and the Dutch East...States for military operations in the Persian Gulf...