Japan 8.000 - 2.000 B.C. Neolithic cultures
		Japan 2.000 - 1.000 B.C. Neolithic cultures
		Japan 1.000 B.C. – 1 A.D. Jomon culture - Yayoi culture
		Japan 1 – 500 A.D. Yayoi culture - Kofun period
		Japan 500 – 1.000 A.D. Asuka- Nara- early and late Heian periode
		Japan 1.000 – 1.400 A.D. late Heian- Kamakura- Nambokucho periode.
		Japan 1.400 – 1.600 A.D. Muromachi- and Momoyama periode
		Japan 1.600 – 1.800 A.D. Momoyama and Edo periode
		Japan 1.800 – 1.900 A.D. Edo periode and Meiji Restoration
		Japan 1.900 A.D. - Present Meiji Restoration Taisho- Showa and Heisei periode until present
		Japan Jomon Culture (ca. 10,500 ca. 300 B.C.)
		Yayoi Culture (ca. 4th century B.C. - 3rd century A.D.)