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===Japan=== [[File:The Chinese-children instruction vehicle of Expo 2005 Aichi Japan.jpg|Children's instructive toy chariot in Chinese display at [[Expo 2005]] in Japan|thumb]] The invention of the south-pointing chariot also made its way to [[Japan]] by the 7th century. The ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'' (The Chronicles of Japan) of 720 described the earlier Chinese [[Buddhist]] [[monk]]s [[Zhi Yu]] and [[Zhi You]] constructing several south-pointing Chariots for [[Emperor Tenji]] of Japan in 658.<ref name="needham volume 4 part 2 289">Needham, Volume 4, Part 2, 289.</ref> This was followed up by several more chariot devices built in 666 as well.<ref name="needham volume 4 part 2 289" />
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