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*753/11 The mission to Tang departs China for Japan in four ships. The ambassadors and their retinue are joined by [[Abe no Nakamaro]], who seeks to return home after 36 years in China.
 
*753/11 The mission to Tang departs China for Japan in four ships. The ambassadors and their retinue are joined by [[Abe no Nakamaro]], who seeks to return home after 36 years in China.
 
*753/12 Ôtomo no Komaro and the Chinese monk [[Ganjin]] arrive in [[Satsuma province]] aboard one of the four ships.
 
*753/12 Ôtomo no Komaro and the Chinese monk [[Ganjin]] arrive in [[Satsuma province]] aboard one of the four ships.
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==Other Events of 753==
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*Members of the mission to Tang make port at [[Okinawa Island]]; documents associated with this event mark the earliest extant usage of the term "Okinawa" (or, Ajinawa).
    
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