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| | Fukuzawa Yukichi |
 | | Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤 諭吉 Fukuzawa Yukichi, January 10, 1835 - February 3, 1901) was an author, motivational speaker, and political theorist whose enlightened ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the period known as the Meiji Era. |
 | | In 1853, shortly after Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Japan, Fukuzawa's brother (the family patriarch) asked Fukuzawa to travel to Nagasaki, where the Dutch colony at Deshima was located. |
 | | Fukuzawa's most important contribution to the reformation effort, though, came in the form of a newpaper called Jiji Shimpo, which he started in 1882, after being prompted by Inoue Kaoru, Okuma Shigenobu, and Ito Hirobumi to establish a strong influence among the people through publishing. |
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