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What Was Britain's Purpose in the "Phaeton Incident" when They Forced Their Way Into Nagasaki Dejima Using a Fake Flag?

August 15th, 1808 (Bunka 5) marks the day the Phaeton Incident occurred at Dejima in Nagasaki. It was a tragic event in which the Nagasaki magistrate and samurai of the Saga domain were punished due to the recklessness of the British. Since the incident alone is difficult to understand, let's take a step-by-step look at it, along with the activities of Hendrick Doeff, the head of the Dutch trading post at the time. Doeff's native Netherlands was…
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August 15th, 1808 (Bunka 5) marks the day the Phaeton Incident occurred at Dejima in Nagasaki. It was a tragic event in which the Nagasaki magistrate and samurai of the Saga domain were punished due to the recklessness of the British. Since the incident alone is difficult to understand, let's take a step-by-step look at it, along with the activities of Hendrick Doeff, the head of the Dutch trading post at the time. Doeff's native Netherlands was…

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BUSHOO!JAPAN(武将ジャパン) broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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