Japanese children can now learn ‘jukendo’ bayonet style fighting at school. ... of a rifle with a bayonet attached and has its roots in military drills introduced from France in the mid-1800s.

1889: Fusajiro Yamauchi founds Nintendo Koppai in Kyoto, Japan, to manufacture hanafuda, Japanese playing cards. Western-style playing cards originally came to Japan in the 16th century with ...