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| Title | Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the First Japanese Delegation to the US |
| Body | 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese diplomatic mission to the US. The group of approximately eighty samurai diplomats arrived in San Francisco in 1860, stopped in Washington, DC via Panama, then went on to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and, finally, to New York. Several commemorative events will be held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the US-Japan relationship. "The First Japanese Mission's Visit to New York" Symposium (Jun 15, NY, NY) [http://www.mcny.org/public-programs/all/Japanese-Mission-Anniversary.html ] "Samurai in New York: The First Japanese Delegation, 1860" Exhibition (Jun 25-Oct 11, NY, NY) [http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/future/Samurai-in-New-York.html ] Samurai Week in Washington, DC (May 24-28) [http://www.us-japan.org/dc/pdf/2010/samurai_week_flyer.pdf ] |
| Source | Japan Foundation |
| Inputdate | 2010-05-23 09:49:42 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2010-05-23 09:49:42 |
| Expdate | 2011-05-23 00:00:00 |
| Publishdate | 2010-05-24 00:00:00 |
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