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Organization name
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations; Nihon Hidankyo
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Nihon Hidankyo; Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
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sharebon; late Edo-period novelette about life in the red-light districts
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ninjōbon; novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk
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fuhonsen; Japan's first coinage dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation
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dangibon; type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)
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yukahon; books with large characters placed on the floor to be read from by the narrator in jōruri and bunraku
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hatamoto-yakko; samurai bandits, organized into gangs, who wore flamboyant clothing and engaged in violent and antisocial behaviour (Edo period)
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Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
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Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
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decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
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Constitution of the Empire of Japan; Meiji Constitution
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Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
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Japan Socialist Party (1945-1996; succeeded by the Social Democratic Party of Japan); JSP