Mathew C Perry came to Uraga in 1853
In 1853, Mathew C Perry came to Uraga; the Commodore of the US navy,
who played a significant role in Japanese history, succeeded in opening Japan
to foreign countries.
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Japanese industry was 200years behind European countries at that time,
and Japanese’s industrial revolution started in Saga, Kagoshima, Nagasaki,
Kitakyushu and other places in Japan.