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