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Far East notes and economic jitters in 1890s era Japan
The Japan Herald reports friction after the Korean rice indemnity dispute and British passport tensions in Yokohama. News covers Nevills case adjournment, auction results, oil tanks approval, rail contracts, social unrest, naval adviser resignations, railway plans, earthquake funds probe, Nippon Race Club events, economic rate trends, proposed Yokohama tramway, and multiple fires with major losses in Yokohama and beyond.
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San Francisco
Japan Herald
Korea
Nagasaki
Nevills
U.S
Hall
Club Hotel
North and Rae
Towage Co
Deakin, Bros. and Co
Bank of China
Japan
The
Straits
Asano Soichiro
Yokohama
Japan Mail
Messrs
Illies and Co
Kawagoye Tetsudo Kaisha
Yokohama Soshi
Native Traders’ Guild
Atariya Rikichi
Boyeki Shimbun
Ingles
R.N
Tokyo
Portugal
E. P. Mason
New York
America
Kiushu
Saga
Kawasaki
Kumamoto
Matsuhashi
Baba and
Furukawa
Yamaguchi Muneyoshi
Pearson
Nemo