Tag Archives: Japan

November 25, 1970

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 25, 1970, author Yukio Mishima and a compatriot committed seppuku (a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment) after their unsuccessful coup attempt to take over Japan. Exactly 50 years later in America, when… Continue reading →

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August 14, 1281

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Joel Byers

On August 14, 1281, Kublai Khan failed at his second attempted invasion of Japan. Once again his warriors were defeated by the Japanese and forced back to their ships, where a typhoon rose up and sunk all… Continue reading →

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February 20, 1280

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 20, 1280 CE, the Japanese Imperil Court ordered all the temples and shrines to pray for victory in the impending second Mongol invasion. The Great Flying Spaghetti Monster must have liked the constant begging from the Japanese, as more than a year later, on August 14, 1281, he sent a typhoon to destroy … Continue reading →

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January 1, 1946

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Joel Byers

On January 1, 1946 as part of the concessions Japan made after losing World War II, Emperor Hirohito of Japan announced that he was not a god and would no longer be answering prayers or performing miracles. Although he did say that if his people did continue to believe in him, with a little yeast … Continue reading →

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September 18, 1971

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Joel Byers

On September 18, 1971, Momofuku Ando marketed the first Cup Noodle (Instant Ramen) and packaged it in a waterproof polystyrene container. Poor college students worldwide went “meh”, but bought them anyway because they were so cheap.

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January 7, 1985

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 7, 1985, Japan launched its first interplanetary spacecraft, named the Sakigake. This was the first deep space probe launched by a nation not named the United States or the USSR. To the disappointment of future anime fans, the ship was not a Gundam Mecha nor did it have teenage Japanese girls wearing battle … Continue reading →

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June 4, 2008

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2008, a Japanese space lab successfully attached to the International Space Station. The billion dollar laboratory was delivered by the shuttle Discovery. Once attached, the space lab could also transform the Space Station into an RX-78-2 Gundam to help in Earth’s secret war against the Principality of Zeon.

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August 13, 2006

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 2006 Tokyo faced an accidental blackout which lasted several hours as the Kaiju Gamera fought a tentacly-armed wasp thingy in downtown Tokyo. The battle and subsequent power outage disrupted the regular flow of business and delayed traffic and kept many businesses from opening until the next day. Many residents … Continue reading →

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April 15, 2011

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2011, in a Schrodinger’s cat experiment, researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light and this is the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another. This provides scientific proof that an ansible is a scientific possibility for space travel. The cat used in … Continue reading →

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March 9, 1974

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1974, the last Japanese soldier surrendered, 29 years after World War II ended. Hiroo Onoda was living in the Philippine jungles and only finally ceded that Japan had lost when his former commander travelled to the Philippines and expressly ordered him to hand over his sword and give up.

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