Furthermore, the timing of the defeat in the Pacific War is sometimes used as the end of the modern times and the start of the contemporary period (for more information, refer to ancient times, medieval Japan, the early-modern times, modern times, or the contemporary period).
さらに、太平洋戦争での敗戦をもって近代と現代を区分することもある（以上の詳細→古代、中世日本、近世、近代、現代(時代区分)）。