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... Japanese TOKWA DAIJUSHO , exclusive Japanese order , founded in 1888 by Emperor Meiji and awarded for outstanding civil or military merit . The order , awarded to males only , is seldom bestowed on anyone below the rank of admiral ...
... Japanese TOKWA DAIJUSHO , exclusive Japanese order , founded in 1888 by Emperor Meiji and awarded for outstanding civil or military merit . The order , awarded to males only , is seldom bestowed on anyone below the rank of admiral ...
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... Japanese capital . In 1911 the company began iron smelting and changed its name to the Pen - hsi Coal and Iron Com- pany . It was efficiently managed and remained important but gradually became dominated by Japanese interests . After ...
... Japanese capital . In 1911 the company began iron smelting and changed its name to the Pen - hsi Coal and Iron Com- pany . It was efficiently managed and remained important but gradually became dominated by Japanese interests . After ...
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... Japanese in the late 18th century could study European technol- ogy . The rangaku scholarly tradition height- ened Japan's later , wide - ranging responses to the West in the late 19th and 20th centuries . Dutch - Japanese dictionaries ...
... Japanese in the late 18th century could study European technol- ogy . The rangaku scholarly tradition height- ened Japan's later , wide - ranging responses to the West in the late 19th and 20th centuries . Dutch - Japanese dictionaries ...
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