1549 St. Francis Xavier came Kagoshima Japan as a first Christian missionary and commenced the Christian history in Japan 1571 Nagasaki Port was opend to Portugal by feudral lord Omura Sumitada 1587  Shogunate, Toyotomi Hideyoshi proclaimed Christian ban 1597 The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on February 5 at Nagasaki.  1603 Tokugawa Shogunate was established and the natioal isolation policy was applied 1614 Tokugawa Shogunate prohibited Christianity throughout Japan 1637 Shimabara Rebellion : a peasant uprising against bakufu’s persecution of Christians 1641 Dejima, the small artificial island was opened as Dutch trading port in Nagasaki  1853 Mathew C Perry came to Uraga; the Commodore of the US navy, who played a significant role in Japanese history, succeeded in opening Japan to foreign countries  Japanese industry was 200 years behind European countries at that time 1853 Japanese’s industrial revolution started in Saga, Kagoshima and any other places 1868 Meiji Restoration : led to enormous changes in Japan’s political and social structure and spanned both the late Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period.   1873 Ban on the Christianity was lifted 1897 The Meiji Government made the decision to build the Imperial Steel Work in the small village in Higashida, Yahata, next to the Dokai Bay and close to the coal-rich Chikuho area 1901 Operation of the Imperial Steel Work, in Yahata  was commenced In …

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