History.docx

NAME: MAY LANIE Y. ROLOYAN

DATE: OCTOBER 16, 2017

YR. & SEC.: BEEd IV-2

GROUP 9: RELATIONS WITH THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE

Chapter 12, Relations with the Chinese and Japanese was the topic that was assigned for me and my partner to be reported to. This chapter contains the Philippine relations with the Chinese and Japanese which began during pre-Magellanic times that continued throughout the Spanish period. The Spanish authorities cultivated the goodwill and friendship of both Chinese and Japanese at the beginning of their rule, in order to retain their valuable economic services and to preserve Manila’s lucrative trade with China and Japan. However, distrust and suspicion marred the Spanish policy. At various times the Philippines was rocked by Chinese and Japanese uprisings which were suppressed at the heavy cost of many human lives and much property damage. We divided our topic with the two nationalities that were the main focus that this chapter contained. I was assigned to report about the Japanese people and their relation to the Philippines. First Japanese- Spanish contact, which happened between the Japanese and the Spaniards was in 1570 when Marshal Goiti, after capturing Raha Sulayman’s Islamic kingdom of Maynilad, found twenty Japanese residents. And it was developed two years later and after 10 years in the year 1582. Next in line is the trade with Japan, which happened in the early years of Spanish rule. It began during the pre- Magellanic times that was encouraged by the government. Annually in Marcvh and when they returned home in June the brought different products and other Philippine exports. They also traded in the town of Agoo in the Lingayen Gulf where they obtained their cargoes of deerskins. The place also was able to be called the “Japanese port” (Puerto de Japon). There was also a Spanish policy towards the Japanese. The Japanese settlers in the Philippines were fewer than the Chinese. They were better treated by the Spanish authorities and no discriminatory laws were made against them, unlike in the case of the Chinese. There were also problems encountered during the relations with the Japanese in their times. The first Japanese threat against the Philippines was a plan of invasion by Hideyoshi. With him also perished Japan’s first attempt to invade the Philippines. After that, there were also subsequent Japanese plans of invasion. Several ambitious daimyos in later times revived Hideyoshi’s scheme to invade the Philippines. There were two revolts made by the Japanese, wherein the first Japanese revolt occurred in 1606 while the second Japanese revolt happened on the year 1607. During the Spanish times two Japanese towns were existed in Manila, namely in Dilao and in San Miguel. When the Exodus of Japanese Christians happened, most of the Japanese immigrants who settled in the Philippines were Christian. With the growth and declination of Japanese immigration, it was clearly shown in the numbers that the population of the Japanese in the Philippines greatly increased. Lastly there was also renewal of Philippine- Japanese relations happened. These were the major parts in the relations of the Chines and Japanese in the Philippines.