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The year 2003 will mark the 150th anniversary of United States Navy Commodore Matthew Perry's first visit to Japan in July 1853, having been instructed by his government to 'open up' Japan by putting in place a treaty of 'peace and amity' with the Japanese 'mikado' for the benefit of western trade and commerce.he year 2003 will mark the 150th anniversary of United States Navy Commodore Matthew Perry's first visit to Japan in July 1853, having been instructed by his government to 'open up' Japan by putting in place a treaty of 'peace and amity' with the Japanese 'mikado' for the benefit of western trade and commerce.
1 Hawks, Francis. (1856). 2  Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the Years 1852, 1853 and 1854 under the Command of Commodore M.C. 3  Perry, United States Navy, Washington: A.O.P.he expedition was commanded by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, under orders from American President Millard Fillmore. Perryâs primary goal was to force an end to Japanâs 220-year-old policy of isolation and to open Japanese ports to American trade, through the use of gunboat diplomacy if necessary.