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*[[Arima Harunobu]] leads a reconnaissance mission to [[Taiwan]].
*[[Arima Harunobu]] leads a reconnaissance mission to [[Taiwan]].
*A brawl between Japanese and Portuguese in [[Champa]] leads to a diplomatic incident, and to the sinking of the Portuguese ship ''[[Madre de Dios]]'' in [[Nagasaki]].
*A brawl between Japanese and Portuguese in [[Champa]] leads to a diplomatic incident, and to the sinking of the Portuguese ship ''[[Madre de Dios]]'' in [[Nagasaki]].
*[[Dutch East India Company]] representatives Nicolaes Puyck and Abraham van den Broek enjoy an audience with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and deliver to him a letter from Prince Maurits, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
*The unruly behavior of the crew of a Japanese ship in [[Macao]] leads the Tokugawa shogunate to ban travel to Macao; effectively, this simply means Japanese authorities take no responsibility for the actions of those who do travel there.
*The unruly behavior of the crew of a Japanese ship in [[Macao]] leads the Tokugawa shogunate to ban travel to Macao; effectively, this simply means Japanese authorities take no responsibility for the actions of those who do travel there.
*Spanish official [[Rodriguo de Vivero y Velasco]] ([[1564]]-[[1636]]) is shipwrecked in Japan.
*Spanish official [[Rodriguo de Vivero y Velasco]] ([[1564]]-[[1636]]) is shipwrecked in Japan.