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Pianos, dresses and lemonade were among the products first introduced to Japan by Western merchants when Yokohama port opened to foreigners in 1859, after nearly 240 years of isolation during the Edo Period.
But not many know that Chinese immigrants played a significant role in the introduction of such products by acting as intermediaries between Japan and the West.
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