Samurai were many of the early exchange students, not directly because they were samurai, but because many samurai were literate and well-educated scholars. Some of these exchange students started private schools for higher educations, while many samurai took pens instead of guns and became reporters and writers, setting up newspaper companies, and others entered governmental service. Some samurai became businessmen. For example, Iwasaki Yatarō, who was the great-grandson of a samurai, established Mitsubishi. COUNT 5
QSN1 What group made up most of Japan's first exchange students? ANS1 Samurai QSN2 Who started Mitsubishi? ANS2 Iwasaki Yatarō QSN3 What was Iwasaki's relationship to samurai? ANS3 great-grandson of a samurai QSN4 What kind of schools did samurai start? ANS4 private schools for higher educations QSN5 Who did samurai write for? ANS5 newspaper companies