Why was the US government so interested in trading with Japan in the 1850s

by therealdrewder

In 1853 commodore perry famously sailed into Tokyo bay and demanded that they open up trade relations. Why did they think that Japan would be such a valuable trading partner and was the government legitimately willing to go to war over this situation?

ParallelPain

Check out this thread, answered by /u/NientedeNada