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The confined Japanese envoys were brought to [[Luoyang]] to attend and witness the pardon and release of the king of Paekche. [[Empress Saimei]] traveled to Kyushu in person in the first month of [[661]] to oversee the strengthening of defenses against a possible Tang/Silla invasion; the imprisoned envoys returned from China in the 5th month.

The confined Japanese envoys were brought to [[Luoyang]] to attend and witness the pardon and release of the king of Paekche. [[Empress Saimei]] traveled to Kyushu in person in the first month of [[661]] to oversee the strengthening of defenses against a possible Tang/Silla invasion; the imprisoned envoys returned from China in the 5th month.

In [[663]], this conflict between the Korean kingdoms of Paekche (supported by Yamato, though already overthrown in 660) and Silla (allied with Tang) came to a head. The Japanese were sorely defeated in the [[battle of Hakusukinoe]] after only two days of fighting, and, while devoting great efforts to shoring up defenses against possible Tang/Silla invasions of the archipelago, sent no missions to China for over thirty years. Silla, with the aid of Tang, captured Pyongyang in the 9th month of [[668]], marking the end of the kingdom of [[Goguryeo]], and uniting the Korean peninsula.

In [[663]], this conflict between the Korean kingdoms of Paekche (supported by Yamato, though already overthrown in 660) and Silla (allied with Tang) came to a head. The Japanese were sorely defeated in the [[battle of Hakusukinoe]] after only two days of fighting. Silla, with the aid of Tang, then went on to capture Pyongyang in the 9th month of [[668]], marking the end of the kingdom of [[Goguryeo]], and uniting the Korean peninsula. The last Yamato mission to Tang of the 7th century was sent in [[669]]; devoting great efforts to shoring up defenses against possible Tang/Silla invasions of the archipelago, Wa sent no missions to China for over thirty years.

===Eighth Century===

===Eighth Century===