Hokkaido: Timeline

1912   Mine Mining

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 explosion in Hokkaido, Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

 - 245 dead

1972   The Japanese Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

 government begins building a railway tunnel between Honshu Honshu

Honshu listen is the largest island [i] of Japan [i], called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido [i] ... 

 and Hokkaido.

1976   Cold War Cold War

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: Soviet Soviet Union

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 air force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, on the island of Hokkaido in Japan Japan

is an island country [i] in East Asia [i]. ... 

, and requests political asylum Refugee

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 from the United States United States

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