https://freerepublic.com/tag/katsura/ en-us Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:27:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4376438/posts In the summer of 1905, two men held a private conversation in Tokyo that the world wouldn't find out about for nearly two decades. No treaty was signed. No announcement was made. But in that room, the United States quietly handed an entire nation over to colonial rule — and set in motion a chain of events that would end at Pearl Harbor forty years later. This is the story of the Taft-Katsura Agreement, the secret deal that validated Japanese imperial ambition at the exact moment it needed validation most. We cover the Meiji Restoration and Japan's transformation from feudal... You Tube Channel : Market Fault Lines https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4376438/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:27:15 GMT