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This scene actually happened. When American Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan on July 8, 1853, the only European language the Japanese could speak was Dutch. The Japanese expelled the Portuguese in 1639 because they kept trying to convert the Japanese to Christianity. The Dutch were allowed to stay... show more

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