Japan was an infamously closed off country for over two centuries until the Commodore Matthew Perry turned up and forced it to open. Yet, during this time the Dutch were exempt from the ban on foreigners and were given a monopoly on trade with Japan? So why were they singled out? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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