Watson formally approached Japanese Foreign Minister Soejima Taneomi to take action.
In 1866 he protected Soejima Taneomi, who was being hunted by the Shogunate.
In 1867, together with Soejima Taneomi, he planned to recommend resignation to the Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
In 1872, he served as secretary to Soejima Taneomi during the negotiations involving the Maria Luz Incident.
Verbeck's pupils included Lkuma Shigenobu, ItM Hirobumi, Lkubo Toshimichi, Sagara Tomoyasu ( Chian ), and Soejima Taneomi.
In June 1868, an interim constitution called the was proclaimed, drafted by Fukuoka Takachika and Soejima Taneomi, which established central government in Japan under the Meiji government.
At the castle Alexei met Soejima Taneomi, head of the GaimushM ( Department of Foreign Affairs ), who made the arrangements for the accommodation and the entertainment of the Russian delegation.
This administrative code was drafted by Fukuoka Takachika and Soejima Taneomi ( both of whom had studied abroad and who had a liberal political outlook ), and was a mixture of western concepts such as division of powers, and a revival of ancient structures of bureaucracy dating back to Nara period.