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In 1638, the Tokugawa shoguns expelled all European merchants from Japan. This expulsion was part of a broader policy of isolation, known as Sakoku, which aimed to limit foreign influence and maintain social order. The Dutch were allowed to continue limited trade through a single port in Nagasaki, while all other European nations were excluded. This isolation lasted for over two centuries until Japan reopened to the world in the mid-19th century.

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