"Respecting the further questions you ask, let me, in the first place, answer generally that the Japanese policy should be that of keeping Americans and Europeans as much as possible at arm's length.
In presence of the more powerful races your position is one of chronic danger, and you should take every precaution to give as little foothold as possible to foreigners.''
(from ''Japan, an attempt at interpretation'', by Lafcadio Hearn, Amazon Fulfillment Press)
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