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272 • YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA) IN JAPAN<br />

<strong>of</strong> the movement to “restore” the emperor to his rightful place as the<br />

head <strong>of</strong> government. After being arrested by the Tokugawa shogunate<br />

(bakufu) for trying to stow away on one <strong>of</strong> Commodore<br />

Matthew Perry’s ships in 1854, Yoshida was placed under house<br />

confinement. Nevertheless, a number <strong>of</strong> young Choshu samurai studied<br />

with him who would later overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu.<br />

Yoshida was executed by the Tokugawa bakufu in 1859 for his role<br />

in planning the assassination <strong>of</strong> a government <strong>of</strong>ficial.<br />

YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (YMCA) IN JAPAN.<br />

The first YMCA in <strong>Japan</strong> started in Tokyo in 1880, with the second established<br />

two years later in Osaka. As <strong>of</strong> 2000, there were more than<br />

100,000 members <strong>of</strong> the YMCA in <strong>Japan</strong>. See also CHRISTIANITY IN<br />

JAPAN.<br />

– Z –<br />

ZAIBATSU. Literally, “financial combines,” most were established or<br />

significantly developed because <strong>of</strong> close relationships with government<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficials during the Meiji Era. The most well-known zaibatsu<br />

are Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Yasuda. Most were dissolved<br />

or dramatically downsized during the Occupation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japan</strong>. See also<br />

SHIBUSAWA, EIICHI.

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