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[[File:Jan-joosten.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Commemorative or memorial plaque for Jan Joosten, in the Yaesu neighborhood of Tokyo]]
Jan Joosten van Lodensteiyn was an agent of the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC), who first arrived in Japan in [[1600]] aboard the ''[[Liefde]]''; he and his shipmates were the first Dutchmen (and the first Englishman, [[William Adams]]) to ever travel to Japan.
Jan Joosten van Lodensteiyn was an agent of the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC), who first arrived in Japan in [[1600]] aboard the ''[[Liefde]]''; he and his shipmates were the first Dutchmen (and the first Englishman, [[William Adams]]) to ever travel to Japan.