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What was Commodore Perry’s significant contribution to the beginning of Japan’s transformation?

He closed all embassies except the US.
He opened Japan to the West.
He made Japan open its ports to Europe.
He sold US warships to Japan.

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He opened Japan to the West.

Perry’s 1853–54 expeditions forced Japan to end its isolation (sakoku) with the Treaty of Kanagawa and subsequent unequal treaties, opening Japanese ports to Western trade and starting Japan’s modernization.