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Great Britain and Japan signed a treaty of friendship in Nagasaki just months after Perry left the Islands. It established the relation betw...

In 1853, the Japanese were surprised by news of foreign “black ships” anchoring in Uraga Bay. What they witnessed was the beginning of a...

Dejima Island As European incursion to Asia increase during the 16th century, many areas fell to become colonies of the west. Japan, a...