Japan–Netherlands relations

1945 agreement ending hostilities in WWII

thumb|The Chinese characters (kanji) for "Rangaku". The first character "ran" is an abbreviation of the [[ateji for . The second character "gaku" means "study" and "learning".]] Rangaku (Kyūjitai: , ), and by extension , is a body of knowledge developed by Japan through its contacts with the Dutch enclave of Dejima, which allowed Japan to keep abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to foreigners from 1641 to 1853 because of the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation (sa'koku). thumb|A meeting of Japan, China, and the West, Shiba Kōkan, l

Japanese warship, 1865–1868

Japanese barque

bilateral relations between Japan and the Netherlands

series of embargoes against Japan beginning in 1940