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RSS FeedsWhisky to honour Scot who played `key role´ in modernising Japan
(World News UK)

 
 

16 december 2018 03:04:06

 
Whisky to honour Scot who played `key role´ in modernising Japan
(World News UK)
 


A whisky honouring a Scot who was `instrumental` in modernising Japan will be re-released to mark the anniversary of his death. Thomas Blake Glover, a merchant from Aberdeenshire, travelled to Nagasaki in 1859 and went on to co-found both Mitsubishi and the brewery that would later be known as the Kirin Group. He is also said to have played a significant part in returning the role of Emperor to a central position in Japanese politics and culture, following threats of increasing foreign influence. Glover was the first...


 
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