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| | Japan - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | The start of the Yayoi period around 300 BC marked the influx of new technologies such as rice farming and irrigation, brought by migrants from Korea, China, and other parts of Asia. |
 | | According to traditional Japanese mythology, Japan was founded in the 7th century BC by the ancestral Emperor Jimmu, who started a line of emperors that were the nominal rulers of Japan for most of its history (although actual power was usually held by powerful court nobles, regents, or shoguns). |
 | | Through the Taika Reform Edicts of 645, Japanese intensified the adoption of Chinese cultural practices, and reorganized government in accordance with the Chinese administrative structure. |
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