The working of the system is demonstrated by the monographic study of a considerable number of outstanding episodes in the diplomatic history of Japan since 1890. The wide use of Japanese materials ...

The blockade of Japan was on in earnest. Their fat southern empire cut off and written off, the Japanese were trying feverishly to stockpile the home islands against invasion day with raw ...

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The end of the Edo Period brought forth several innovations in military technology to improve upon Japan’s two-century-long gap since its previous contact with any European civilization.