Kuroda+Kiyotaka+JJ

=**Expand Japan, Expand with Power** = **Kuroda Kiyotaka (**** 黑田 清隆) ** **(16, October 1840 - 23 August 1900)** : Jane (Youn-Jeong) Song, Jongkyu Jung

With firm ideas and plans to modernize Japan as one of the leading countries in the world, Kuroda Kiyotaka's lead in major positions in the Meiji government has surely proved him as a leader. Follow his lead! With the help of everyone, Kuroda Kiyotaka can transform cities in Japan to become like the cities of mainland Japan. Think about the **land of the future.** Support Kuroda Kiyotaka. **Important Ideas:**
 * Organizing unemployed ex-samurais and give them new jobs.
 * Finding the right production for agriculture in Hokkaido.
 * Expanding the the Japanese Empire, invading Korea.
 * Making Japan an Imperial power.
 * Internal colonization

**Contributions**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">served in numerous high ranking positions during the Meiji reign
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">2nd Prime Minister of Japan: April 1888- October 1889
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">Vice-director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency that overlooked Hokkaido.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">Chairman of the Privy Council
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">Minister of Agriculutre and Commerce in the first Ito cabinet
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">Minister of Communications of the second Ito cabinet
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">Lieutenant General in the Imperial Japanese Army
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">convinced the Japanese government to abandon Karafuto (Sakhalin Island)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">negotiated with the Russians, trading Karafuto for Chishima Islands.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">established the Treaty of Kanghwa (1876) with Korea
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">established the Satsuma - Choshu Alliance
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">established Sapporo Agriculutral College
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 36px;">commanded at the Battle of Goryokkau of the Boshin War

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**Sources:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: normal;">Race, Resistance and the Ainu of Japan-Book by Richard Siddle; 1996 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> "Count Kuroda Kiyotaka." //Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online//. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2011. Web. 02 May. 2011. <span style="color: #121917; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">"Kiyotaka Kuroda." //<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">World History: The Modern Era //. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 2 May 2011.