Commodore Matthew Perry (not the Friends Matthew Perry) sailed into Tokyo Bay on this day in 1853 opening Japan to Western influence and trade. #CommodorePerry
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July 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Commodore Matthew Perry (not the Friends Matthew Perry) sailed into Tokyo Bay on this day in 1853 opening Japan to Western influence and trade. #CommodorePerry
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DYK Americans bullied the Japanese into providing “rest houses” in Shimoda 3 yrs after #CommodorePerry forced the treaty of Kanagawa on them in 1854? Between 10 & 20 women served hundreds of men from other parts of the world. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #SexWork #SurvivalSex
July 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
DYK Americans bullied the Japanese into providing “rest houses” in Shimoda 3 yrs after #CommodorePerry forced the treaty of Kanagawa on them in 1854? Between 10 & 20 women served hundreds of men from other parts of the world. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #SexWork #SurvivalSex
I mean… they only even showed up for #WWI&II after #Canada had been doing the heavy lifting…
#USA were PROFITEERING off #WWII until #Japan being delusional in a #ImperialMilitary #ModernisationCult forced them into saving face
That #cult only happened because #USNavy #CommodorePerry, in 1853
#USA were PROFITEERING off #WWII until #Japan being delusional in a #ImperialMilitary #ModernisationCult forced them into saving face
That #cult only happened because #USNavy #CommodorePerry, in 1853
😒 #Vietnam 1955–75
😒 #Afghanistan 2001–21
😒 #Iraq 2003–11
😒 Inconclusive #Conflicts & #Interventions:
✅ #Warof1812: to ‘force British respect’ for neutral maritime rights & halt the impressment of USsailors
war ended in a military #stalemate & a return to the #pre-war #status quo
✅ #Korea 1950–53
😒 #Afghanistan 2001–21
😒 #Iraq 2003–11
😒 Inconclusive #Conflicts & #Interventions:
✅ #Warof1812: to ‘force British respect’ for neutral maritime rights & halt the impressment of USsailors
war ended in a military #stalemate & a return to the #pre-war #status quo
✅ #Korea 1950–53
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June 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I mean… they only even showed up for #WWI&II after #Canada had been doing the heavy lifting…
#USA were PROFITEERING off #WWII until #Japan being delusional in a #ImperialMilitary #ModernisationCult forced them into saving face
That #cult only happened because #USNavy #CommodorePerry, in 1853
#USA were PROFITEERING off #WWII until #Japan being delusional in a #ImperialMilitary #ModernisationCult forced them into saving face
That #cult only happened because #USNavy #CommodorePerry, in 1853
At Japan's surrender in WWII, the US Navy flew Commodore Perry's 1853 expedition flag for the signing ceremony.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender#Flags_at_the_ceremony
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September 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
At Japan's surrender in WWII, the US Navy flew Commodore Perry's 1853 expedition flag for the signing ceremony.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender#Flags_at_the_ceremony
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Japan under the #TokugawaShogunate was never "closed" — Dutch merchants were in regular contact. The US decided it wanted in on the profits, so an expedition under #CommodorePerry opened fire on Edo. The #ConventionOfKanagawa was signed under duress on #ThisDayInHistory in 1854.
March 31, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Japan under the #TokugawaShogunate was never "closed" — Dutch merchants were in regular contact. The US decided it wanted in on the profits, so an expedition under #CommodorePerry opened fire on Edo. The #ConventionOfKanagawa was signed under duress on #ThisDayInHistory in 1854.