History of Japan

The first symbols of civilization on the Japanese Archipelago appear approximately 10,000 BC with the Jomon culture, characterized by a Mesolithic to Neolithic semi-sedentary hunter-gatherer lifestyle of pit dwelling and a basic form of agriculture. Weave was still unknown and clothes be often made of bark. The Jomon people made bedecked clay vessels, however, often with plaited patterns. Some of the oldest surviving examples of ceramic in the world may be found in Japan.

The Yayoi period, early around the third century BC, introduced new practices, such as wet-rice farming, iron and bronze-making and a new style of pottery, bring by migrants from China and Korea. With the development of Yayoi culture, a mainly agricultural society emerged in Japan.