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Detailed explanation-1: -Completed in 720 CE the ‘Chronicles of Japan’ (in Japanese Nihon shoki or Nihongi) is the second-oldest work of Japanese history, after the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Things).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Nihon Shoki (), sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nihon shoki (Chronicle of Japan) is the first official Japanese history book, edited by Imperial Prince Toneri and others and completed in the fourth year of the Yōrō era (720).

Detailed explanation-4: -Kojiki is the oldest surviving historical record in Japan. It covers Japanese history from its origins to the early 7th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nihon shoki, also called Nihon-gi, (Japanese: “Chronicles of Japan”), text that, together with the Kojiki (q.v.), comprises the oldest official history of Japan, covering the period from its mythical origins to ad 697. The Nihon shoki, written in Chinese, reflects the influence of Chinese civilization on Japan.