{"id":1764,"date":"2013-07-09T09:44:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T00:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/six-things-you-should-know-about-tokyo\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T02:35:37","slug":"six-things-you-should-know-about-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcjapan.com\/en\/six-things-you-should-know-about-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Things You Should Know About Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tokyo_Skyline\"You might be interested in this article from The History Channel in the US, “Six Things You Should Know About Tokyo.”\u00a0 If you live in Tokyo\u00a0 these might not come as a surprise, but then again… they may still.\u00a0 You can read the introduction here, and click through to read the complete list at the History Channel’s website.<\/p>\n

“On July 8, 1853, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry led the U.S. Navy\u2019s East India Squadron into Uraga Harbor in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), Japan, in what became the first step toward the \u201copening\u201d of the Asian nation to western trade and influence after more than 250 years of \u201cisolation\u201d under the ruling Tokugawa shogunate.<\/p>\n

The arrival of the Perry expedition and the U.S. Navy\u2019s \u201cblack ships\u201d led to a series of economic, political and social crises that brought tremendous upheaval to the country\u2014followed by unprecedented growth\u2014paving the way for the rise of modern Japan.<\/p>\n

One hundred and sixty years after Matthew Perry\u2019s arrival in Japan, here are some things you may not know about the nation\u2019s capital.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Six Things You Should Know About Tokyo \u2014 History in the Headlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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