Japan isolated itself for over 200 years
For over two centuries, Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate enforced a strict isolationist policy, shaping a unique culture and national identity before being forced to open its borders.
From 1633 to 1853, Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate enforced a strict isolationist policy called Sakoku. This closed the country to most foreign contact for over two centuries, banning Japanese from traveling abroad and limiting trade to just a few ports. The shoguns feared Christianity's spread, seeing it as a threat to their power.
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