Japan shut itself off from the world (Sakoku) for over 200 years, only opening up after U.S. warships forced them in 1853

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Except for when they didn’t and had Dutch, Chinese and Korean enclaves and trade.

Open the country. Stop having it be closed.

James Clavell's Shogun is a great novel about the isolation of Japan.

Supernova in the East tells the rest of the story.

Isolationism is stupid and I think less of anyone who thinks otherwise.