The ancient technology of producing raw silk is now being applied by such state-of-the-art industries as genetic engineering and biotechnology.
Sericulture, a technology thought to have been introduced to Japan in the Yayoi Period (300 B.C. to A.D. 250) from China, played a key role in modernizing the country during and after the Meiji Era (1868-1912).
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