By YUMI NAKAYAMA/ Staff Writer
January 22, 2023 at 07:00 JST
Matthew Calbraith Perry and Takashi Savory pose for a photo with a replica U.S. flag in Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2022. (Yumi Nakayama)
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