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*The shogunate relaxes ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations, and there is an exodus of samurai from the city.
*The shogunate relaxes ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' obligations, and there is an exodus of samurai from the city.
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
*Japan's first diplomatic mission to England is dispatched, under [[Takenouchi Yasunori]]. While in London, the mission visits the 1862 World's Fair ([[Great London Exposition]]), the Japan pavilion at which was organized by [[Rutherford Alcock]] without any official [[Tokugawa shogunate|bakufu]] involvement.
*[[Satsuma han]] begins pressuring the shogunate to allow free trade with the West, in Ryukyu.
*[[Satsuma han]] begins pressuring the shogunate to allow free trade with the West, in Ryûkyû.
*Satsuma receives permission from the shogunate to begin producing ''[[Ryukyu tsuho|Ryûkyû tsûhô]]'' (coins).
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' is first issued.
*[[Charles Wirgman]]'s ''[[Japan Punch]]'' is first issued.