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*Japan declares its borders to extend out to include the [[Ogasawara Islands]].
*Japan declares its borders to extend out to include the [[Ogasawara Islands]].
*The railroad link between [[Kobe]] and [[Osaka]] is extended to [[Kyoto]].
*The railroad link between [[Kobe]] and [[Osaka]] is extended to [[Kyoto]].
*[[Samurai]] are required to convert their stipends into twenty-year bonds.
*[[Samurai]] are required to convert their stipends into twenty-year bonds. Combined with the Haitô edict, this represents the final step in the abolition of the samurai class, and of its hereditary privileges.
*[[Shimabara castle]] is torn down.
*[[Shimabara castle]] is torn down.
*[[Shuri castle]] is made the site of the barracks of the [[Kumamoto Garrison]].
*[[Shuri castle]] is made the site of the barracks of the [[Kumamoto Garrison]].