Japan

The Battle of Port Arthur began on February 8th, 1904.

On 14 December 1702, a band of samurai avenged the death of their master.

Albert Axell recalls the era of the Japanese Kamikaze pilots.

Richard Connaughton on the need to re-evaluate an over-looked conflict of the early 20th century.

The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Alliance, the first between a European country and an Asiatic power against a Western rival, was signed on 30 January 1902.

The first Christian missionary to the country, Francis Xavier, departed from Japan on November 21st, 1551, having made perhaps some 2,000 converts.

Japan's 124th Emperor was born on April 29th, 1901

Charles Maechling argues that the Japanese attack, which took place on December 7th 1941, was partly a response to the country's limited energy resources.

Paul Doolan describes the unique 400-year-long trading, intellectual and artistic contacts between the Dutch and the Japanese.

Gavan McCormack analyses the attempts by the Japanese nation to deal with its uncomfortable past.