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| | Japan - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | The Japanese did not start writing their own histories until the 5th and 6th centuries, when the Chinese writing system, Buddhism, advanced pottery, ceremonial burial, and other aspects of culture were introduced by aristocrats, artisans, scholars, and monks from Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. |
 | | The Constitution of Japan states that the nation's "highest organ of state power" is its bicameral parliament, the National Diet. |
 | | The Constitution of Japan defines the emperor to be "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people". |
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