Under German control, and even before then, Japanese traders and fishermen from time to time visited the Marshall Islands, although contact with the islanders was irregular. After the Meiji Restoration (1868), the Japanese government adopted a policy of turning the Japanese Empire into a great economic and military power in East Asia.
Is there an answer to this question (If it cannot be answered, say "unanswerable"): Along with fishermen, what sort of Japanese people visited the Marshalls?
traders