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THE MEIJI REALMFebruary 28th 1904

Exclusive Issue!FEATURES:

• Inside details on the signing in New Hampshire

• Discounts and 50% off home delivery on Chinese tea

• An exclusive interview with Emperor Meiji - the deal with modernization

• Life & Style - Live a modern lifestyle, new suggestions and tips on how to modernize

your home.• Editorial Section: Feedback on your letters -

What about the Samurai?

Treaty of Portsmouth ends Russo-Japanese War

Issue #15 Meiji Media PublishingN E W S F O R H A L F P R I C E :

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The signing of the treaty of Portsmouth in New Hampshire, on November 5th, 1905

LEAD-UPS TO THE SIGNING OF THIS TREATY

Article by: Yingying Ng

On February 8th, 1904, the Japanese naval forces destroyed the Russian naval fleet in Port Arthur, Manchukuo. This attack caused severe damage, and the war officially began just two days later. The Japanese army lost many of its people when pushing north into Manchukuo, crossing the Yalu River and after a five month siege capturing Port Arthur and the Mukden city. Under Admiral Togo, the navy routed the Russian fleet at the Straits of Tsushima after it arrived, spending seven months sailing from the Baltic Sea in Europe. Since February 10th, when Japan first declared the war on Russia, both the Japanese and Russia had suffered and lost much, and this was all ended by the treaty signed only this previous month. [Information on the treaty continued on Page 2]

THE BATTLESSince the declaration of this Russo-

Japanese war on February 10th, 1904, the war had brought the loss of many brave soldiers to both Russia and Japan. [Continued on Page 2]

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THE BATTLES [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1]There had been a bloody battle on the Yalu River that Japan had won, and from that battle, gained control of all of Korea.

MANCHUKUO AND CAPTURE OF MUKDEN CITYThe Japanese moved on to Southern Manchukuo, and on January 2nd, just 2 days after the new Year, General Nogi (Army Commander) after a five month siege, captured Port Arthur. After two months of battling on land, the Japanese also had captured Mukden city in March.

SIGNING OF THIS TREATY [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1]Japan had done the honor of being the first Asian country ever to beat an established European nation in war. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America and offered to act as a peacemaker. The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed in New Hampshire in the United States, on September 5th, 1905. This treaty included Russia recognizing Japan’s interests in Korea and the lease Russia had on the Liaotung Peninsula was now transferred to Japan. The South Manchurian Railway now was

controlled by the Japanese and Japan also acquired the Island of Sakhalin’s southern half. The two Nations agreed not to interfere with the decisions China makes in the future to develop Manchukuo.

“...acknowledged that Japan possesses in Korea pramount

political, military, and economical interests.” - The

Portsmouth Treaty, 1905

Southern Manchuria Emperor Meiji

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Inside Information, directly from the

emperor!

“...it was not a proud moment for

us”

EDITORIAL SECTIONYOUR VIEWS ON JAPAN’S MODERNIZATION

By: Nobutono Kotoshimi

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In our previous national poll, you all voted whether the change in this countryover the previous century has been positive, or negative. Here are your results:32% of you voted that it was negative, and 68% positive. As the Editor of this Newsletter, I personally think that Japan’s modernization has impacted the countryboth ways. Many of you have sent letters to the Meiji Realm asking what we thought of the yatoi who are supervising our factories, mines, and training our technicians. Before the Russo-Japanese war, many of the yatoi had doubts and questioned whetherJapan’s raging success is going to last. But ever since the war, and now the signing of this treaty, we hope the foreigners will start taking the country seriously. Within 50 years, Japan’s development has been rapidly growing, and had achieved so much since the beginning of the Meiji Era (and this Newsletter!).

EXCLUSIVE! INTERVIEW WITH THE EMPEROR: THE DEAL WITH MODERNIZATION.

Interviewer/Katsumo Tomoshimi (Q)Emperor (A)Q: Throughout the time period which you have ruled, what do you suppose had the most impact on the country?A: Definitely the Sino-Japanese war and the Triple Intervention. The war had given us access and control towards Korea like we aimed for.Q: Can you give us some details on what happened to cause the Triple Intervention?A: There had been some worry on our part how the Triple Intervention would impact our process of developing, but we regained our foothold a lot quicker than feared. It was signed on April 23, 1895 and just a mere 6 days after the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed.Q: Nobody ever really clarified before - what was changed after the Triple Intervention?

A: The Japanese government had to give up the Liaotung Peninsula, for an exchange of 30 million taels and it was not a proud moment for us. We were determined, but wouldn’t push too far to knock ourselves down. Since our modernization we had worked really hard, there was the Zaibatsu, a newly written constitution by Ito Hirobumi, the newly formed parliament and the Anglo-Japanese Relationship.[This will be continued in Issue #16]

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Article: Marito Inobishi

Many Japanese over the years have tried to achieve the best modernized, westernized lifestyle. There are many ways a home can be decorated to seem more crisp, clean, appealing to the eye, and fresh off the new modern hot-pot of style.

A DASH OF HISTORYIn the earlier decades of Japan’s

new Restoration, there was a large

epidemic-like obsession all Japanese had with anything western. May it be literature, clothing, furniture, etc. they just wanted everything modernized. Now the water has boiled down a bit, but there’s still a way to transform a traditional Japanese home into something more new, modern, and stylish - the Meiji way.

TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS

There could be a few ways to modernize someone’s home. There are ways to simply change it to everything western, or keep it simple, subtle, and leave a hint of both Japanese and Western style in peoples’ homes. For small hints of neat-and-modern, shoppers usually aim for Japanese style wooden floors, beds, curtains, and western style floral elegant furniture.

LIFE & STYLEHOW TO ACHIEVE THE MODERN MEIJI LIFESTYLE IN HOMES

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