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A.D. 538 or something like that, but for sure I know that it is in the year A.D. 500-A.D. 600.

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It is not clear when Buddhism first came to Japan, and historians think Buddihism was officially introduced to Yamato Kingship from Baekje in the year of A.D. 538 or 552.

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