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The time was 1919. That eventful year was finally coming to a close. On December 25, a high-ranking Australian diplomat came to visit the Gaimusho (Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Exactly a year had passed since the World War I armistice. The Paris Peace Conference had concluded a further half year ago with the signing of the Versailles Treaty.
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Chow, M.H., Chuma, K. (2016). Entering on to the World Stage: The Advent of a New International Order. In: The Turning Point in US-Japan Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-58154-2_1
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