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Japan–Netherlands relations

January 01, 1970

Japan–Netherlands relations are the bilateral relations between Japan and the Netherlands. Relations between Japan and the Netherlands date back to 1609, when the first formal trade relations were established.[1][2][3][4][5]

Dutch-Japanese relations

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Dutch ship arriving in Nagasaki in 1818

History edit

See also: Dutch missions to Edo and Rangaku
 
Curious Japanese watching Dutchmen in the Nagasakiya in Edo

Early trade edit

In April 1600, the ship "de Liefde" arrived on the coast of Bungo (present-day Usuki), with a dwindled, exhausted and sickly crew of survivors, the only ship remaining of the initial five vessels that departed from Rotterdam in 1598. This crew included Jacob Quaeckernaeck, Melchior van Santvoort, Jan Joosten and William Adams. The crew and ship's contents were seized under orders from Tokugawa Ieyasu, the ruler at the time, and upon extracting information from some of the members brought to court about foreign affairs and the purpose of their mission, he permitted some to ship out on Red Seal Ships, thus starting the first trading collaborations between the Dutch and the Japanese.[6]

When formal trade relations were established in 1609 at the behest of William Adams, the Dutch were granted extensive trading rights, and set up a trading outpost at Hirado, operated by the Dutch East India Company. They traded exotic Asian goods such as spices, textiles, porcelain, and silk. When the Shimabara uprising of 1637 happened, in which Christian Japanese started a rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate, it was crushed with the help of the Dutch. As a result, all Christian nations who gave aid to the rebels were expelled, leaving the Dutch the only commercial partner from the West.[3] Among the expelled nations was Portugal who had a trading post in Nagasaki harbor on an artificial island called Dejima. In a move of the shogunate to take the Dutch trade away from the Hirado clan, the entire Dutch trading post was moved to Dejima.[7]

Military cooperation edit

After the forcible opening of Japan by an American fleet commanded by Commodore Perry in 1854, the Netherlands was one of five countries to conclude a treaty with Japan in 1858, the so-called Ansei Treaties.

 
Dutch family in Yokohama, 1861

In 1860s, the Tokugawa Shogunate decided to modernize the Japanese fleet. To do this, orders were placed for modern steam powered warships. The first of which was the ZM SS Soembing, a gift from King William III of the Netherlands, which was renamed the Kankō Maru. To train Japanese sailors in the use of these new and powerful ships the Nagasaki Naval Training Center was established at the entrance of Dejima, to maximize interaction with Dutch naval know-how. Among the students at the Nagasaki Naval Training Center was Enomoto Takeaki, one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Following the opening of Japan to trade, the Dutch special mission in Nagasaki was closed down in 1860 and first Dutch Consulate was opened in Edo.

World War II edit

 
A replica 18th century Dutch windmill fabricated in the Netherlands and then assembled on the shore of Lake Imba near Sakura, Japan in 1994, named in honour of 'The Love' (De Liefde), the first Dutch sailing vessel to reach Japan in 1600. Also notable are the many tulips on the foreground.[8]
See also: Pacific War, Netherlands East Indies campaign, and Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies

Post war Japanese–Dutch relations edit

The relations between Japan and the Netherlands after 1945 have been complicated. The invasion and occupation of the Netherlands East Indies during World War II, brought about the destruction of the colonial state in Indonesia, as the Japanese removed as much of the Dutch government as they could, weakening the post war grip the Netherlands had over the territory. Under diplomatic pressure from the United States, the Netherlands recognised Indonesian sovereignty in 1949 (see United States of Indonesia).

Emperor Hirohito landed in the Netherlands for a state visit on 8 October 1971. The visit was controversial because of the World War II troubles, and his delegation had to be protected from protesters.[9] Japanese flags were burned by radical far-left activists of the Red Youth in front of the media and a bomb alert was reported when the Japanese embassy was threatened. The Japanese press reacted furiously to the reception. After the visit, the Dutch government repeatedly apologised to Japan, and the mood in Japan turned positive when Hirohito called the visit a "success."[10]

Increasingly positive relations were largely felt in the consumer electronics industry, where the Netherlands's Philips and Japan's Sony - both major electronics companies at the time - worked together in making several popular mass market technologies such as the compact disc (CD).[11]

On the 24 August 2009, the Netherlands released a commemorative 5 euro coin to celebrate 400 years of relations.[12]

Education edit

 
The Japanese School of Rotterdam

Amsterdam has one Japanese-medium day school, the Japanese School of Amsterdam. There is also a school in Rotterdam, the Japanese School of Rotterdam.

The Saturday Japanese supplementary schools in the Netherlands include Japanese Saturday School Amsterdam, Den Haag-Rotterdam Japanese Saturday School in Rotterdam, Stichting the Japanese School of Tilburg, and Stichting Maastricht Japanese Supplementary School.[13] The Maastricht school was founded in 1992 as an outgrowth of the Joppenhoff International School. It began with 15 students, and grew as large as 30, but declined in concert with the economy, and as of 2004 enrolled just 20 students.[14] The Saturday School of The Hague and Rotterdam was formed in 1996 from a merger of the two separate Saturday Japanese schools of those cities.[15]

Diplomacy edit

 
Holland Hills building, and embassy in the foreground

Japan has an Embassy in The Hague. The Netherlands has an Embassy in Tokyo and a Consulate-general in Osaka.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matthi Forrer, Dutch-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000: A Brief History (2001).
  2. ^ Mitsubishi Corporation – Regional Report on the Kingdom of the Netherlands 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b 400 jaar handel – Four centuries of Japanese–Dutch trade relations: 1609–2009 2008-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Grant Kohn Goodman, Japan: the Dutch experience (A&C Black, 2013).
  5. ^ Kazuhiko Togo,. Japan's foreign policy, 1945-2009: The quest for a proactive policy (Brill, 2010).
  6. ^ Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period (National Diet Library. Japan)
  7. ^ Edo-Tokyo Museum exhibition catalog, p. 207.
  8. ^ Japanese-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Era: Stranding of De Liefde, retrieved from www.ndl.go.jp, April 14, 2012.
  9. ^ "Keizer Hirohito's controversiële staatsbezoek aan Nederland". 8 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Digibron.nl, Boegeroep en stenen voor de keizer".
  11. ^ "Stronger together: The partnership between Philips & Sony".
  12. ^ (in Dutch) News Video of the 5 euro commemorative coin
  13. ^ "欧州の補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）" (). Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Retrieved on May 10, 2014.
  14. ^ O'Dell 2004
  15. ^ "Introduction" (). The Hague-Rotterdam Japanese Saturday School. Retrieved on April 5, 2015. Dutch version (). Japanese version ().

Works cited edit

  • O'Dell, Casey (June 2004), , Crossroads, Maastricht, archived from the original on 2008-09-05, retrieved 2008-11-03

Further reading edit

  • Matthi Forrer, Dutch-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000: A Brief History (2001).
  • Grant Kohn Goodman, Japan: the Dutch experience (A&C Black, 2013).
  • M. C. Ricklefs. The Dutch East India Company and Japan, 1600-1850: Trade and the Cultural Exchange (Brill, 2013)
  • Yasuko Suzuki. Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800: The Dutch East India Company and Beyond (2012).

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Relations of Japan and the Netherlands.
  • The Netherlands–Japan: Collections: the Memory of the Netherlands (het Geheugen van Nederland)
  • Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period (National Diet Library. Japan)
  • Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands (在オランダ日本国大使館)
  • Embassy of the Netherlands in Japan 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
  • Japanese business communities in the European Union (plus Switzerland) - an onomastics view (2013)

January 01, 1970
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Japan Netherlands relations are the bilateral relations between Japan and the Netherlands Relations between Japan and the Netherlands date back to 1609 when the first formal trade relations were established 1 2 3 4 5 Dutch Japanese relationsJapan Netherlands Dutch ship arriving in Nagasaki in 1818 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early trade 1 2 Military cooperation 1 3 World War II 1 4 Post war Japanese Dutch relations 2 Education 3 Diplomacy 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Works cited 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory editSee also Dutch missions to Edo and Rangaku nbsp Curious Japanese watching Dutchmen in the Nagasakiya in Edo Early trade edit In April 1600 the ship de Liefde arrived on the coast of Bungo present day Usuki with a dwindled exhausted and sickly crew of survivors the only ship remaining of the initial five vessels that departed from Rotterdam in 1598 This crew included Jacob Quaeckernaeck Melchior van Santvoort Jan Joosten and William Adams The crew and ship s contents were seized under orders from Tokugawa Ieyasu the ruler at the time and upon extracting information from some of the members brought to court about foreign affairs and the purpose of their mission he permitted some to ship out on Red Seal Ships thus starting the first trading collaborations between the Dutch and the Japanese 6 When formal trade relations were established in 1609 at the behest of William Adams the Dutch were granted extensive trading rights and set up a trading outpost at Hirado operated by the Dutch East India Company They traded exotic Asian goods such as spices textiles porcelain and silk When the Shimabara uprising of 1637 happened in which Christian Japanese started a rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate it was crushed with the help of the Dutch As a result all Christian nations who gave aid to the rebels were expelled leaving the Dutch the only commercial partner from the West 3 Among the expelled nations was Portugal who had a trading post in Nagasaki harbor on an artificial island called Dejima In a move of the shogunate to take the Dutch trade away from the Hirado clan the entire Dutch trading post was moved to Dejima 7 Military cooperation edit After the forcible opening of Japan by an American fleet commanded by Commodore Perry in 1854 the Netherlands was one of five countries to conclude a treaty with Japan in 1858 the so called Ansei Treaties nbsp Dutch family in Yokohama 1861 In 1860s the Tokugawa Shogunate decided to modernize the Japanese fleet To do this orders were placed for modern steam powered warships The first of which was the ZM SS Soembing a gift from King William III of the Netherlands which was renamed the Kankō Maru To train Japanese sailors in the use of these new and powerful ships the Nagasaki Naval Training Center was established at the entrance of Dejima to maximize interaction with Dutch naval know how Among the students at the Nagasaki Naval Training Center was Enomoto Takeaki one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy Following the opening of Japan to trade the Dutch special mission in Nagasaki was closed down in 1860 and first Dutch Consulate was opened in Edo World War II edit nbsp A replica 18th century Dutch windmill fabricated in the Netherlands and then assembled on the shore of Lake Imba near Sakura Japan in 1994 named in honour of The Love De Liefde the first Dutch sailing vessel to reach Japan in 1600 Also notable are the many tulips on the foreground 8 See also Pacific War Netherlands East Indies campaign and Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies Post war Japanese Dutch relations edit The relations between Japan and the Netherlands after 1945 have been complicated The invasion and occupation of the Netherlands East Indies during World War II brought about the destruction of the colonial state in Indonesia as the Japanese removed as much of the Dutch government as they could weakening the post war grip the Netherlands had over the territory Under diplomatic pressure from the United States the Netherlands recognised Indonesian sovereignty in 1949 see United States of Indonesia Emperor Hirohito landed in the Netherlands for a state visit on 8 October 1971 The visit was controversial because of the World War II troubles and his delegation had to be protected from protesters 9 Japanese flags were burned by radical far left activists of the Red Youth in front of the media and a bomb alert was reported when the Japanese embassy was threatened The Japanese press reacted furiously to the reception After the visit the Dutch government repeatedly apologised to Japan and the mood in Japan turned positive when Hirohito called the visit a success 10 Increasingly positive relations were largely felt in the consumer electronics industry where the Netherlands s Philips and Japan s Sony both major electronics companies at the time worked together in making several popular mass market technologies such as the compact disc CD 11 On the 24 August 2009 the Netherlands released a commemorative 5 euro coin to celebrate 400 years of relations 12 Education edit nbsp The Japanese School of Rotterdam Amsterdam has one Japanese medium day school the Japanese School of Amsterdam There is also a school in Rotterdam the Japanese School of Rotterdam The Saturday Japanese supplementary schools in the Netherlands include Japanese Saturday School Amsterdam Den Haag Rotterdam Japanese Saturday School in Rotterdam Stichting the Japanese School of Tilburg and Stichting Maastricht Japanese Supplementary School 13 The Maastricht school was founded in 1992 as an outgrowth of the Joppenhoff International School It began with 15 students and grew as large as 30 but declined in concert with the economy and as of 2004 enrolled just 20 students 14 The Saturday School of The Hague and Rotterdam was formed in 1996 from a merger of the two separate Saturday Japanese schools of those cities 15 Diplomacy edit nbsp Holland Hills building and embassy in the foreground Japan has an Embassy in The Hague The Netherlands has an Embassy in Tokyo and a Consulate general in Osaka See also editForeign relations of Japan Foreign relations of the Netherlands Dutch Empire Huis Ten Bosch Japanese people in the Netherlands Japan Netherlands InstituteReferences edit Matthi Forrer Dutch Japanese Relations 1600 2000 A Brief History 2001 Mitsubishi Corporation Regional Report on the Kingdom of the Netherlands Archived 2008 11 20 at the Wayback Machine a b 400 jaar handel Four centuries of Japanese Dutch trade relations 1609 2009 Archived 2008 01 11 at the Wayback Machine Grant Kohn Goodman Japan the Dutch experience A amp C Black 2013 Kazuhiko Togo Japan s foreign policy 1945 2009 The quest for a proactive policy Brill 2010 Japan Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period National Diet Library Japan Edo Tokyo Museum exhibition catalog p 207 Japanese Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Era Stranding of De Liefde retrieved from www ndl go jp April 14 2012 Keizer Hirohito s controversiele staatsbezoek aan Nederland 8 August 2016 Digibron nl Boegeroep en stenen voor de keizer Stronger together The partnership between Philips amp Sony in Dutch News Video of the 5 euro commemorative coin 欧州の補習授業校一覧 平成25年4月15日現在 Archive Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology MEXT Retrieved on May 10 2014 O Dell 2004 Introduction Archive The Hague Rotterdam Japanese Saturday School Retrieved on April 5 2015 Dutch version Archive Japanese version Archive Works cited edit O Dell Casey June 2004 Japanese at home in Maastricht Crossroads Maastricht archived from the original on 2008 09 05 retrieved 2008 11 03Further reading editMatthi Forrer Dutch Japanese Relations 1600 2000 A Brief History 2001 Grant Kohn Goodman Japan the Dutch experience A amp C Black 2013 M C Ricklefs The Dutch East India Company and Japan 1600 1850 Trade and the Cultural Exchange Brill 2013 Yasuko Suzuki Japan Netherlands Trade 1600 1800 The Dutch East India Company and Beyond 2012 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Relations of Japan and the Netherlands The Netherlands Japan Collections the Memory of the Netherlands het Geheugen van Nederland Japan Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period National Diet Library Japan Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands 在オランダ日本国大使館 Embassy of the Netherlands in Japan Archived 2008 12 16 at the Wayback Machine Japanese business communities in the European Union plus Switzerland an onomastics view 2013 Portals nbsp Politics nbsp Japan nbsp Netherlands Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japan Netherlands relations amp oldid 1218569442, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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