This week we dive into the first part of our multi--pronged series on a question we ask you to consider with us-Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941? In this first part, we go back to the year 1603(the year that Japan largely isolated itself from the world) until 1853(the year that U.S. naval commander Commodore Perry showed up at Japan's doorstep and forced Japan to open up). Was a clash between these two countries inevitable or could it have been avoided?

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