Commodore Perry

But the section along Tokai hasn't generated a major quake since 1854, right about the time Commodore Perry sailed his warships into Tokyo Bay.

Japan earthquake is a seismic curveball 2011

Commodore Perry is also remembered for his battle flag, which declared, "Don't give up the ship," still a Navy symbol and slogan.

Divers find wreck of Commodore Perry warship off R.I. 2011

Last year, then Prime Minister Naoto Kan proposed Japan pursue trade liberalization with a "third opening" to the world—the first two being the arrival of Commodore Perry in the 19th century and the post-World War II American occupation.

Japan's Third Opening 2011

The project combines visual narratives and essays to tell the history of Japan since the arrival of Commodore Perry or as MIT describes it, the history of Japan in the modern world.

Archive 2009-04-16 Mr. Byrne 2009

I grew up, in beer-drinking terms, with Dortmunder Gold, Burning River, Commodore Perry and Edmund Fitzgerald.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

I grew up, in beer-drinking terms, with Dortmunder Gold, Burning River, Commodore Perry and Edmund Fitzgerald.

PorterPalooza #1 - Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter 2009

By 1853, the year Commodore Perry arrived in Japan, China had already been forced to cede Hong Kong to Great Britain, open five treaty ports, and pay a huge indemnity—all as a result of the First Opium War, the second not yet having even begun.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

But it was that pesky 19th century European, Commodore Perry, who exported industrialization to Japan and basically thus, strange dolls with ambulatory pelvises.

Japanese pregnant dolls from the 19th century | clusterflock 2009

So when Commodore Perry sailed in, Japan was defenseless.

The Perry Legacy 2008

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The Perry Legacy 2008