By YUMI NAKAYAMA/ Staff Writer
January 22, 2023 at 07:00 JST
The pocket watch and case that Commodore Matthew C. Perry carried with him when he visited Chichijima island in 1853 (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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