Sometimes it is very useful to have chronologies to refer to and thanks to the Internet, there are quite a few available. Here are a few that ou may find useful and should be fairly accessible.

The Library of Congress offers a nice overview of country histories.

There is also the very ruch Internet East Asian History Sourcebook

Here are some more interesting sites with detailed chronologies:

Historical Overview of Japan--a general site including an overall chronology

See another chronology here

A very interesting resource is the: National Museum of History

A good overall summary of historical developments can be found on geographic.com's site:

http://workmall.com/wfb2001/japan/japan_history_index.html

Professor John Mertz has an outline of cultural history at:

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~fljpm/chron/jc01.outline.html

A good overview ofMeiji-Taisho historical developments is:

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006089/politics/history7.html

A brief overviewanarchism in Japan can be found at:

http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/ws99/japan58.html