Hello everyone!
I'm sorry if this question is too specific, my mates who are in to history don't know much about this particular topic so I thought I'd ask a bit online, and this site looks like a friendly discussion place.
I'm just curious to know if there were examples, or even if it would have been possible, for foreign traders or ship owners to register vessels in Japanese ports during the Meiji era?
Reason I ask is I've an interest in maritime affairs of Japan during the Meiji period, and one thing I was curious about was the idea of flags of convenience (e.g. foreign vessel owners registering ships in other nations, often to make things like customs or port fees easier).
I know it really picked up around the 1910s but I've seen examples of it happening earlier in some countries.
I just don't know much myself on this thing happening in Japan, and I was wondering if during the Meiji era there would have been any restrictions to foreigners in Japan owning/registering vessels there? I read that extraterritorial rights for outsiders were abolished in 1899, would that have had any effect on the situation?
I'm sorry if this question is too specific, my mates who are in to history don't know much about this particular topic so I thought I'd ask a bit online, and this site looks like a friendly discussion place.
I'm just curious to know if there were examples, or even if it would have been possible, for foreign traders or ship owners to register vessels in Japanese ports during the Meiji era?
Reason I ask is I've an interest in maritime affairs of Japan during the Meiji period, and one thing I was curious about was the idea of flags of convenience (e.g. foreign vessel owners registering ships in other nations, often to make things like customs or port fees easier).
I know it really picked up around the 1910s but I've seen examples of it happening earlier in some countries.
I just don't know much myself on this thing happening in Japan, and I was wondering if during the Meiji era there would have been any restrictions to foreigners in Japan owning/registering vessels there? I read that extraterritorial rights for outsiders were abolished in 1899, would that have had any effect on the situation?
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