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==== Japan ====
* Prince [[Emperor Tenji|Naka no Ōe no Ōji]] of [[Japan]] makes a [[Japanese clock]] for the first time at [[Asuka, Yamato|Asuka]], by which he causes the people to know the hours.
* After the fall of [[Sabi (Korea)|Sabi]] to the forces of Silla, the Yamato government sends envoys directly to the Chinese court for the first time
* The [[Baekje–Tang War]] begins, involving Yamato forces in support of the kingdoms of Baekje and Goguryeo
* Japanese forces, under command of [[Abe no Hirafu]], massacre the Mishihase people in Hokkaido 
* The capital of Japan moves from Asuka, Yamato (''Okamoto'' Palace or ''Nochi no Asuka-Okamoto-no-miya'') to [[Asakura, Fukuoka]]<ref name="asuka">Asuka Historical Museum, [http://www.asukanet.gr.jp/asukahome/ASUKA2/ASUKAMIYA/miyahensen.html Palaces of the Asuka Period,"] 1995; retrieved 2011-11-25.</ref><ref name="ponsonby24">[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard]]. (1915). ''The Imperial Family of Japan'', p. 24.</ref>
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