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The Anglo-Japanese Alliance (日英同盟, Nichi-Ei Dōmei) was an alliance between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Japan which was effective from 1902 to 1923. The treaty creating the alliance was signed at Lansdowne House in London on 30 January 1902 by British foreign secretary Lord Lansdowne and Japanese diplomat Hayashi Tadasu.
1577. Richard Wylles writes about the people, customs and manners of Giapan in the History of Travel published in London. Mercator based map of Japan (1570) 1580. Richard Hakluyt advises the first English merchants to find a new trade route via the Northwest passage to trade wool for silver with Japan (sending two Barque ships, the George piloted by Arthur Pet and William by Charles Jackman ...
Splendid isolation is a term used to describe the 19th-century British diplomatic practice of avoiding permanent alliances from 1815 to 1902. The concept developed as early as 1822, when Britain left the post-1815 Concert of Europe, and continued until the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the 1904 Entente Cordiale with France.
1902 British novels (18 P) P. 1902 in British politics (2 C) S. ... Anglo-Japanese Alliance; B. 1902 Birthday Honours; I. Second International Tramways and Light ...
30 January – the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London ending Japan's policy of "splendid isolation". [3] 13 February – the 1902 World Figure Skating Championships held in London. 7 March – Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
In 1902 Japan and the British Empire forged the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, which would last until 1923. The purpose of this alliance was to contain the Russian Empire in East Asia. In response to this alliance, Russia formed a similar alliance with France and began to renege on agreements to reduce troop strength in Manchuria.
1902: Reports from Captain Watson, naval attaché to Germany indicate that the German build-up that had begun in 1898 is intended to build a fleet meant to challenge British sea power. Beginning of the Anglo-German naval race. [138] 1902: The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed; in 1905 it is renewed and expanded; it is not renewed in 1923. [139]
Japanese calligraphy, the word "peace" and the signature of the calligrapher, Baron Ōura Kanetake, 1910 . Hosting an international exhibition around the turn of the 20th century was a means for a rising empire like Japan to demonstrate it was a world power [5], showcasing its industrial might, prestige and hegemony, similarly to the 1850 Great Exhibition in Britain and the United States ...