Relates the incentives and results of Chinese and Japanese immigration to Hawaii in the 19th century. Discusses class systems.

Discover a chronological listing of Japanese railroads from 1872 to 1907. Includes a few illustrations, including a print of an 1870s train.

Provides a picture and profile of the Japanese politician who served four terms as prime minister between 1885 and 1901.

Prince Mutsuhito, emperor of Japan, took the name of Meiji when his rule began in 1867. Read a brief biography.

Offers a fictionalized account of Perry's arrival into the closed society of Japan. Uses the Commodore's notes and journals as source material.

Japanese statesman updated the financial structure of Japan as its minister of finance and served as prime minister in 1898 and from 1914-1916.

Charts the history of trade relations between Japan and the west from the arrival of Commodore Perry to the present state of commerce.