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Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Japan was pressured to allow trade with the Unites States
In 1852, Matthew Perry left Norfolk, Virginia for Japan to pursue a Japanese trade treaty. He arrived at Uraga Harbor near Edo (early Tokyo) on July 8, 1853. Perry was told by representatives of the Tokugawa Shogunate to go to Nagasaki instead, which was the only Japanese port open to foreigners at the time.
You may be thinking of Matthew C. Perry, though it was not the first time he sailed to Japan.
Matthew Perry did have children, they were one of the few things he had soft spots for.