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What was the name of the isolationist foreign policy of the Tokugawa Shogunate that barred almost all foreigners from entering Japan for over two centuries?

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Sakoku

Under this policy, trade was strictly limited to specific ports and conducted only with a few groups, such as the Dutch and Chinese. The era of seclusion ended in the 1850s following the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry's fleet.

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