Greetings. In today's episode, part of the subtopic "the emergence of Japan as a world power", I will be looking at Commodore Perry’s visit to Japan in 1853.

On 8th July 1853, black ships arrived in the port of Edo (Tokyo).

The Japanese demanded the ships leave, resulting in the ships turning their guns on the city in a show of force.

The Japanese are forced into allowing them to dock, and Commodore Perry, an American naval officer, brings two letters; one from himself and one from President Fillmore.

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