Japanese History A-Z

For each letter A-Z, guess the answer that pertains to the Japanese history.

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	Hint	Answer
A	Longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history	Shinzo Abe
B	Sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution	Boshin War
C	Country warred against twice; once between 1894–1895 and then between 1937–1945	China
D	First name of the American general led the Allied occupation of Japan during WWII	Douglas
E	Former name of Tokyo	Edo
F	Nuclear plant that melted down in 2011	Fukushima
G	Bloody battle site in the Solomon Islands	Guadalcanal
H	Japanese emperor during World War II	Hirohito
I	Island in which the American Marines raised their flag	Iwo Jima
J	Martial art from which judo is derived	Jujutsu
K	City that served as capital of Japan prior to 1868	Kyoto
L	Political party that has been in power almost continuously since its foundation in 1955	Liberal Democratic Party
M	People who attempted to invade Japan in the 13th century twice, but were hit by typhoons both times	Mongols
N	City where the "Fat Man" was dropped	Nagasaki
O	Where Karate originated from	Okinawa
P	First European country to reach Japan	Portugal
Q	Dynasty of C when Japan invaded it during WWII	Qing
R	The treaty of Portsmouth ended the war against this country in 1905	Russia
S	Title of the military dictator of Japan during much of 12th to 19th century	Shōgun
T	Name of the period during which Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy	Tokugawa
U	The first of these in Japan was established in 1858	University
V	Japan was granted all German possessions in the Pacific north of the equator in this treaty after the World War I	Versailles
W	Name of Hokusai's most famous painting: The Great ____ off Kanagawa	Wave
Y	Marshal Admiral that is considered to be the mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack	Yamamoto
Z	Type of Buddhism that was introduced to Japan in the 12th century	Zen

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