Japan was isolated from the outside world due to years of internal conflict and fear of colonization by European powers. When ...

one Japanese — who shaped the history of 19 th-century trans-Pacific relations boarded a tour bus together in downtown Columbus. As the bus trundled down Broad Street, Matthew C. Perry ...

The quest to master the development of new technologies has been a defining characteristic of modern Japan. Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s 1853 visit demonstrated the necessity of technological ...

One of the gifts from U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858)--who visited Japan in the so-called Black Ships in 1853--aroused particular curiosity among the Japanese: a miniature steam ...