Prehistoric and ancient Japan
Paleolithic period
Jōmon period
Yayoi period
Kofun period (c. 250–538)
Classical Japan
Asuka period (538–710)
Nara period (710–794)
Heian period (794–1185)
- Heian culture
Feudal Japan
Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Muromachi period (1333–1568)
- Nanban trade
- Muromachi culture
Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568-1600)
Early modern Japan
Edo period (1600–1868)
- Culture and philosophy
- Decline and fall of the shogunate
Modern Japan
Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Political and social changes
- Rise of imperialism and the military
- Economic modernization and labor unrest
Taishō period (1912–1926)
Shōwa period (1926–1989)
- Manchurian Incident and the Second Sino-Japanese War
- World War II
- Occupation of Japan
- Postwar growth and prosperity
Heisei period (1989–2019)
Reiwa period (2019–present)
Social conditions