MEIJI ERA[1868-1912]. PRE WORLD WAR 2 RELATION. POST WORLD WAR 2 RELATION. TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS. TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS TREATY OF PEACE[1952]. AGREEMENT FOR AIR SERVICES[1956]. CULTURL AGREEMENT[1956]. AGREEMENT ON COMMERCE[1958]. AGREEMENT OF THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION[1960]. AGREEMENT ON CORPORATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY[1985]. HISTORY LEGENDS ATTRIBUTE THE CREATION OF JAPAN TO SUN GODDESS. SOGUNATE SYSTEM WAS SET UP IN 1192. IN 1889 PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT WAS FORMED IN JAPAN. IN 1904 JAPAN DEJECTED RUSSIA IN THE RUSSIO-JAPANESE WAR. HISTORY.. IN 1941 JAPAN WON ITS FIRSTMILITARY ENGAGEMENT IN TH FIRST WORLD WAR. IN 1947 THE NEW CONSTITUTION CAME IN TO EFFACT. IN 1970 JAPAN BECAME SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY OF THE WORLD. DURING 1990 SUFFERD DOWN TURN. MAJOR PARTIES LDP[LIBERAL PARTY OF JAPAN] DEMOCRATE PARTY OF JAPAN. THE SHIN KOMEITO PARTY. JAPANESE COMMUNIST PARTY. SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY. GEOGRAPH LOCATION AREA POPULATION EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANCS. CLIMATE