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c. 8000 BC
 
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Humans cross from eastern Siberia to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, according to the earliest traces left by the Jomon culture      
23 BC
 
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Sukune, according to tradition, wins the first sumo wrestling contest and becomes patron saint of the sport       
c. 350
 
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The clan ruling the Yamato plain becomes so powerful that its chieftain is seen as the emperor of Japan     
c. 400
 
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The Yamato clan adapt Shinto to their own purposes, and claim imperial descent from the sun       
538
 
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A Buddhist image, sent as a gift from Korea, introduces the religion to Japan     
607
 
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Prince Shotoku Taishi, an enthusiastic patron of Buddhism, builds the Horyuji temple and pagoda at Nara