The Treaty of Peace and Commerce between the United States and Japan was signed July 29, 1858. It was negotiated for the U.S. by Townsend Harris and is often called the Harris Treaty after him. Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

The U.S. forced Japan to leave its isolationist policy toward foreigners when Commodore Perry concluded the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa government in 1854. However, while Perry secured fuel and necessities for U.S. ships and protection, he left the important matter of trading rights to Harris, another U.S. envoy. It took two years of constant work to break down Japanese resistance to trade with the United States. But with the threat of looming British demands for similar privileges, the Tokugawa government gave in and signed. Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 - March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, under the threat of military force. ... On March 31, 1854, the Convention of Kanagawa (Japanese:神奈川条約,or 日米和親条約) was used by Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy to force the opening of the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and ended Japans 200 year policy of seclusion. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ... Events January 13 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas. ...

External link

• Selected articles from the treaty (http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob58.html)