2007	Sep			Current political conditions
1995	Jan	17		Earthquake claims six thousand lives
1986				Spurt of growth during the bubble economy
1960				Biggest postwar political crisis
1955				Major political parties come into existence
1952	Apr	28		Regains full sovereignty
1945	Sep	2		Surrender and end of World War II
1945	Aug	6		Mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945				Aftermath of World War II
1941	Dec	7		Pearl Harbor Attack