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Japan (日本) is a small country of magnificent proportions. In its long history it has been the home to one of the Far East's most powerful civilizations; it has been invaded by Mongols; it has itself invaded mainland Asia; and in World War 2, it gained the sad distinction of being the site of the world's second atomic bomb dropping. Today, Japan struggles with an interesting tension between highly sophisticated Westernization and traditional values.
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