In July 1853, the American naval commander ... of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. While the latter has a dedicated exhibit, the flag with which Bremyer raced to Japan seems lost among other ...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force — Japan’s navy — “will fly ... However, the flag is also associated with Imperial Japan, which waged war in the Pacific during World War II, and with ...

In this episode we discuss Admiral Katsu Kaishū’s transformation of the modern Japanese ... examines the Japanese Navy in the Late Tokugawa Period (1853–1868). Dr Haruo Tohmatsu, our other participant ...