Japan was isolated from the outside world due to years of internal conflict and fear of colonization by European powers. When Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Edo Bay in 1853, he changed the course ...

The event commemorates Commodore Matthew Perry’s ... at the festival’s opening ceremony. Alex Wilson covers the U.S. Navy and other services from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.

US Navy Commodore Matthew Perry first arrived off Japan with a fleet of ships at Uraga, the entrance to what is now Tokyo Bay, on July 8, 1853. On his second uninvited visit, the ships dropped ...

SHIMODA, Japan — This normally quiet town briefly ... Self-Defense Force recently to commemorate the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan nearly two centuries ago. The 84th annual Black ...

Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Commodore Matthew Perry may not have enjoyed ... A symbol of Perry had returned to Japan to keep the commodore’s promise of opening the country to American ...

As the bus trundled down Broad Street, Matthew C. Perry, 82 ... a U.S. Navy commodore often cited in history textbooks for opening up Japan to the outside world in 1854 using “gunboat diplomacy.” ...

One of the gifts from U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858)--who visited ... exhibition to commemorate 150 years of Japan’s rail system. An opening ceremony was held there in 1872, with ...

Until the mid-19th century, Japan was a feudal society living ... This changed dramatically when American Commodore Matthew Perry, after tortuous negotiations, received some concessions from ...