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Nagasaki’s Glover Garden: Window on the British Merchants Involved in Japan’s Modernization
In 1636, the Tokugawa shogunate built the artificial island of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay; the Dutch Trading Post established there five years later became a conduit for commerce. In 1858, the ...
Ofunato wildfires raging for 6 days, destroy 8% of city
Wildfires in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, went into their sixth day of destruction on Tuesday and have scorched ...