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Hokkaido

Island of Japan

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Jan 31, 2026
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How did Soviet entry into the war influence Japan’s surrender decision in August 1945?

entry on 8–9 August 1945 removed ’s last hope of mediated, conditional peace and opened a massive, rapid land offensive in that shattered ’s strategic calculations—facts that many historians argue wer...

Jan 2, 2026

Japanese aur

Auroras are possible in northern Japan under the right space‑weather conditions, but they remain infrequent for most of the country because the auroral oval usually sits at much higher geomagnetic lat...