In 1944, Japanese authorities forcibly evacuated ... “I’m really happy that I received words of thanks from a descendant of Commodore Perry.” Takashi said that he’s looking forward to ...

The commodore visited Chichijima the previous ... the backdrop of the experience at Chichijima that Perry went on to hold talks with Japan without engaging in hostilities,” he said.

Yet, unlike Commodore Perry, Japan could not visit Washington with physical arms to force the United States from retreating into its own version of a 21st century sakoku. Instead, just like their ...

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