The Prehistoric Period
Nansei Islands[南西諸島（なんせいしょとう）] including Okinawa[沖縄（おきなわ）] was once connected with the continent but it is unclear when people began to settle in Okinawa.
In 1967, the bon…
Sugawara no Michizane[菅原道真（すがわらのみちざね）](845-903) was an aristocratic scholar and politician in the Heian Period(794-1185). He was also called "Kanke[菅家（かんけ）]", "Kankō[菅公（かんこう）]" or "Kan-shōjyō[菅丞相（かんし…
Jyutarō Komura[小村寿太郎（こむらじゅたろう）](1855-1911) was a Japanese diplomat & statesman in the Meiji Period(1868-1912). He was born in a lower-ranked Samurai family of the Obi[飫肥（おび）] Domain, Hyūga[日向（ひゅうが）]…
