Showdown at the Ikedaya Inn: Samurai Secret Police
Conflicted: A History Podcast
Japan's Adaptation to the New World Order
The openthe country faction argued, look guys, we don't want to make a deal with the americans any more than you do. The debate raged back and forth for months, but eventually the shogin reached a decision. On july 20 ninth, 18 58, a trade deal was signed with america. After that, it was open season. Trade deals were ined with great britain, then france and then russia. And in a matter of months, foreigners were flooding into Japan bringing with them new languages, new fashions, new weapons and new ideas. Japan had to adapt or die.
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