Japanese Modernization
In the 1800s, this country sent a naval mission to Japan in 1853 to force a one-sided trade agreement
United States?
This Ottoman Sultan sent a ship full of gifts as part of a goodwill mission to Japan in 1889
Sultan Abdulhamid II
The Ertuğrul set sail for its return trip home on this specific date in 1890.
Answer: What is September 15, 1890?
This was Shotaro Noda's profession when he was asked to follow the Ottoman sailors back home
journalist?
Shotaro Noda officially converted to Islam on this specific date
What is May 21st, 1891?
This event, beginning in 1868, involved the overthrow of the Japanese government and the installation of a new emperor
Meiji Restoration?
The Ottoman ship was sent to Japan with the hope of creating this with the new emperor
alliance
This violent weather phenomenon struck the Ertuğrul as it traveled south along the coast of Japan
typhoon?
When Shotaro Noda arrived in Istanbul, the Ottoman Sultan asked for one of the Japanese to stay behind and teach this language
Japanese
Shotaro Noda's conversion to Islam made him this in recorded history
first Japanese Muslim?
This policy was adopted by the new emperor after 1868, involving building infrastructure and adopting Western technologies
rapid industrialization?
The ship sent on the goodwill mission was described as this in size and carried over 600 sailors
massive
During the storm, this crucial part of the Ertuğrul collapsed, making the ship nearly immobile
main mast?
For two years, Shotaro Noda taught Japanese at this specific institution in Istanbul
military war college?
This document, confirming Shotaro Noda's conversion, is still preserved in the Ottoman archives in Istanbul
What is his certificate of shahada?
To help Japan modernize its economy and military, they hired these individuals
foreign experts?
After nearly a year at sea, the Ottoman ship arrived in Japan and docked in this port city
Yokohama
In a last-ditch effort, the crew dropped their anchors, but the ship still crashed onto the shore where these tore it apart
sharp rocks?
While in Istanbul, Shotaro Noda learned this language and Ottoman history before delving deeper into Islamic history
What are Turkish and Ottoman history?
After leaving Istanbul at the end of 1892, Shotaro Noda traveled through these two regions before eventually making it back to Japan
What are Europe and the United States?
The ultimate goal of Japan's modernization efforts was to beat these powers at their own game
Western Powers?
During their stay in Japan, the crew of the ship met other members of the royal family and government, and exchanged these with them
gifts and greetings?
Out of over 600 sailors on board, this many survived the Ertuğrul shipwreck
69 men?
Shotaro Noda requested an Arabic teacher from the Sultan who could also teach him to read this holy book
Quran
Shotaro Noda eventually passed away in this year, at the age of mid-30s
When is 1904?