Commodore Matthew Perry was a 19th-century U.S. naval officer who forced Japan to open trade with the West in 1853. His mission ended centuries of isolation, benefiting American merchants and Japanese modernizers. Today, historians study his diplomacy to understand gunboat diplomacy and Japan's rapid industrialization.
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