The Chinese calendar was used to calculate the year of Japan's foundation by counting back the 1,260 years of the Chinese cosmological cycle.
( ( The ( Chinese calendar ) ) ( ( was ( used ( to ( ( calculate ( ( the year ) ( of ( ( Japan 's ) foundation ) ) ) ) ( by ( ( counting back ) ( ( the ( 1,260 years ) ) ( of ( the ( Chinese ( cosmological cycle ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
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There was no way to determine the year that Japan was founded in.
( There ( ( was ( no ( way ( to ( ( determine ( the year ) ) ( that ( Japan ( was ( founded in ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
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