Russian People In Japan
The first recorded landing of Russians in Japan (Japanese: 在日ロシア人 Zai-Nichi Roshia-jin) was in 1739 in Kamogawa, Chiba during the times of Japanese seclusion of the Edo period, not counting landings in Hokkaidō, which was not under Japanese administration at these times.
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