Fukao, Kyōji (contributor); Saitō, Osamu (contributor) - 2006
. In the words of a contemporary who was on a mission to the USA and
European countries in the early 1870s,
‘It is since … although still behind the USA, Japan overtook the record of England
and Wales.
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Two additional points may be made, however … Americanisation. A number of business missions were
sent to the USA. It is interesting to note that missions organised by such bodies …