Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (born 1804)

Townsend Harris

American merchant and politician (1804–1878)

Townsend Harris was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the…

List of ambassadors of the United States to Japan

The ambassador of the United States of America to Japan is the ambassador from the United States of America to Japan.

February 25

Day of the year

February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 309 days remain until the end of the year.