By YUMI NAKAYAMA/ Staff Writer
January 22, 2023 at 07:00 JST
The gold case of the pocket watch that Commodore Matthew C. Perry carried with him when he came to Chichijima island in 1853 bears the inscription “Japan 1852” on the base, marking the year the commodore left the United States to head to Japan. (Yumi Nakayama)
A descendant of Commodore Matthew C. Perry of “Black Ships” fame visited a distant island south of Tokyo carrying a pocket watch that the U.S. naval officer had with him when he dropped anchor there nearly 170 years ago. [Read More]
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