Japan opened its ports after signing the Treaty of Kanagawa with the US in
1854 and began to intensively modernize and industrialize.
because the west had more influence
How many ports did Japan have in 1700 name them
to open the ports of japan to commerce
potato.
untied states forces japan to open its ports to trade. sorry i only have on fact!
Japan had three ports. Hyogo, Yokohama, and shimoda.
Japan was forced to open its ports through uneven treaties by which Japan got much less power in their relationship with the West than the European and American administrations had. To say that it was 'bad' for Japan is an oversimplfication, though. In the long run, it allowed a fast modernization and an vast increase in military technology through contact with the West, as well as many social changes. However, as it was a militarily-enforced relationship created by the brute force of foreign intervention, it also demoralized Japan as its first encounter with the outside world was a defeat.
How many ports did Japan have in 1700's? Name them.
Japan decided to force Korea to open 2 ports to trade. This would show that Japan is an imperial nation. Along with this, Japan sent different officials around the world to scout out the best technologies to modernize its country.
1. Limitation of open ports (Canton for China and Nagasaki for Japan) 2. Attempts to stymie trade because of European religion, culture, and goods (prominently opium) 3. Eventual capitulations because of asymmetrical military power
This was when the west was seeking to open new markets for trading and didn't want the US to get to powerful for them to try and over take Japan.
Japan did not want to open to the West, but US Commodore Matthew C Perry forcibly opened the nation to Western trade in 1854.
It should be fishermen. Whaling is not the fishery only by Japan. America hunted a great number of whales and that's partly what they wanted Japan to open ports.
Japan began to trade with the United States [previously only traded with the Chinese and the Dutch] U.S and Japan became friends and made peace Japanese open two ports for U.S