Question

how did japan differ from many other powerful nations before 1854? it supported an open door policy, it followed a policy of , it had an advanced industrial expansionism society, it generally stayed out of foreign affairs

Answer 1

It generally stayed out of foreign affairs — Japan followed a policy of isolation (sakoku) under the Tokugawa shogunate, limiting foreign contact and trade (mainly to Dutch and Chinese at Nagasaki) until Commodore Perry’s arrival in 1853–54.