Men from this country founded Japan’s Ministry of Public Works and the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo. The Choshu Five studied in this country, which was the home of two sailors who were murdered by a samurai in the Icarus (0[1])affair. (0[2])This country (20[1])bombarded Kanogoshima during its brief (0[1])war with the (0[1])Satsuma domain in 1863. (20[1]0[3])A 1903 treaty (0[1])with Japan marked (20[1])the end of this country’s (0[2])“Splendid (0[1])Isolation” policy. (20[2]0[3])In 1942, this (*) country (0[1])surrendered its Straits Settlement to Japanese troops. (10[1]0[3])Japan, South Korea, (0[1])and two former (10[1])colonies of this European country are called the “Asian Tigers” due to their (10[1])rapid growth (10[1])rate. (10[3])For 10 points, name this country that colonized Singapore (10[1]0[1])and Hong Kong. (10[3])■END■ (10[17])