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... the American fleet knocked on Japan’s door and subsequently signed the first unequal treaty in Japanese history: the Japan-US Amity Treaty.
Since then, the great powers like England and France were drawn in like cats smelling fish, each coming to Japan to sign various agreements.
Two years ago in Year 5 of Ansei (1858), Japan signed a new treaty with the United States: the Japan-US Treaty of Amity and Commerce.
In this treaty, Japan agreed to allow the United States to s ...
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