Japanese history

St. Francis Xavier came Kagoshima Japan as a first Christian missionary and

commenced the Christian history in Japan

The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, were a group of Catholics who were executed by

crucifixion on February 5 at Nagasaki. 

Tokugawa Shogunate was established and the natioal isolation policy was applied

Tokugawa Shogunate prohibited Christianity throughout Japan

Shimabara Rebellion : a peasant uprising against bakufu’s persecution of Christians

Dejima, the small artificial island was opened as Dutch trading port in Nagasaki 

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

Japanese’s industrial revolution started in Saga, Kagoshima and any other places

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.  

Ban on the Christianity was lifted

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

Operation of the Imperial Steel Work, in Yahata  was commenced

In the beginning of the Blast Furnace was not successful, and then Japanese engineer

Kageyoshi Noro modified the design and successful operation followed in 1904.

Yaskawa Electric establish in Kitakyushu

TOTO establish in Kitakyushu

Atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and in Nagasaki on Aug. 9

Hidden Christian site is registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage