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1. Japan

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   East Asia
   Japanese language
   Shintoism
   Buddhism in Japan

2. Nihon Shoki

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   The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀, "Chronicles of Japan") is the second-oldest official historical text of Japan, compiled in 720 CE during the Nara Period. Commissioned by the imperial court under the direction of Prince Toneri, it represents the earliest systematic attempt to record Japanese history from the age of the gods through the reign of Empress Jitō. The text was composed in Classical Chinese, reflecting the intellectual conventions of the era, and ex…