The Pacific War starts. Japan surrenders after two atomic bombs are dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The new Constitution is promulgated in 1946. The Allied Occupation of Japan ends. In 1956Japan becomes a member of the United Nations.
Japan begins to have normal relations with China.
In 1973 Japan faces an oil crisis. 1989 - present Known as the Heisei period. The LDP loses its majority in the diet. The great Hanshin Earthquake hits Kobe. Sarin Gas attack in the Tokyo subway by AUM sect.