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Treaty of Kanagawa
31 Mar 1854 — Perry returns with a larger squadron and signs Japan’s first treaty with a Western power. It opens Shimoda and Hakodate to American ships for supplies and allows a consul to reside in Japan, but it contains no clause on trade.
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