By YASUJI NAGAI/ Senior Staff Writer
November 21, 2021 at 07:30 JST
This picture shows the envelopes that contained the eight letters sent by diplomat Kumaichi Horiguchi to Teisho Takeishi, a scholar of Chinese classics in his hometown in Niigata Prefecture. The letter dated on Oct. 9, 1895, was sent in two envelopes seen at lower left and second from left. (Yasuji Nagai)
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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
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