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What Was Japan Like in the Year 18 53?
For 250 years, japan had been closed off from the rest of the world. There were no passports, no visas and you would not be allowed back in. This was a nut that could be cracked. Had to be cracked. But what were commodore perry and his men walking into? What was japan like in the year 18 53? Well the truth was, japan in 18 53 was not all that different from Japans in 16 53.
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