As a prince before being crowned Russian czar Nicholas II has toured Far East with his friends.
On April 1991 in a town of Otsu, Japan Nicholas was beaten by local cop named Tsuda Sanzo, allegedly infuriated by disrespectful behavior of foreigners. Ironically, Nicholas’s shirt which was an evidence in a case againt Tsuda, was kept long enough to be used as a DNA source and was useful to identify his remains (Nicholas and his family were shot by Communists in 1917, their remains were put in a truck and dumped in an abandoned mine), fond exactly a century later.
In is rumored Nicholas hated the Japanese since the incident and it has largely contributed to an idiotic decision to send Baltic Fleet to Korea across half the World to fight the Japanese on very uncomfortable terms.
Quite a predictable outcome has also added to a Japanese pride a lot and it might be one of reasons why they went with further expansion in Pacific.
Now, that is an interesting story. I was also unaware of Nicholas' tour of the Far East.
Thank you.