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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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

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.

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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