National Archives and Records Administration The U S National Archives, located in Washington DC, is charged with storing historical documents of the United States Military records over 70 years old (anything prior to WWI), ship's passenger lists, etc
奈 良 : Historical period (710-794) of Japan which was named after the capital city of Nara Surrounded by such temples as Todai-ji, Kofuku-ji, Toshodai-ji, and Yakushi-ji, Nara was modeled after the Chang'an city of Tang China Buddhism and Sinicization reached its peak during the reign of the emperor, Shomu, when the Vairocana Buddha, Nara Daibutsu, was erected in 752
(710-784) Period of Japanese history during which the emperor resided in Nara. The capital city was modeled on the capital of Tang-dynasty China, Chang'an, from whom the Japanese borrowed extensively in this period. Buddhism, which had entered Japan a little more than a century earlier, rose in popularity, and many temples and statues were commissioned. The Chinese writing system was introduced and modified by the Japanese (see Japanese writing system), allowing two official histories and the earliest Japanese poetry collections to be produced. The Taih Code, adopted officially in 701, was based on Chinese law, and the Chinese equal-field system of land distribution, though no longer rigorously enforced, continued to remain in effect. The imperial state extended its frontiers to include southern Kyushu and northern Honshu