na-ga-sa'ki, an important seaport of Japan. It is situated on a magnificent bay on the southwestern side of the most southerly of the principal Japan islands. It was the first Japanese port open to European vessels. The privilege of trading was enjoyed by the Dutch alone for over two centuries. In 1858, as the result of a visit by Commodore Perry of the United States Navy, Nagasaki and four other ports were thrown open to the Americans and English as well. The harbor has been improved by the construction of excellent docks. The chief exports are coal, rice, shell fish, paper, and cotton. Imports of sugar, kerosene, machinery, locomotives, and tobacco, intended for consumption in the southern part of the empire, are landed here. The population in 1905 was not far from 130,000. It is a center of Japanese shipbuilding.