History of Japan

The written history of Japan begins with brief references in the 1st century AD Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts. However, archaeological evidence indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the upper paleolithic period.
Following the last ice-age fostered human development. The earliest-known , around 12,000 BC, the rich ecosystem of the Japanese Archipelagopottery belongs to the Jōmon period.