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Japan was founded in 600 BC by the Emperor Jimmu, the ancestor of the current imperial line. The writing system of Japan and China however was not officially adopted until 405 AD. The Japanese Culture usually had a ruling dynasty, but real power was held by powerful nobles, regents, or "shoguns". Japan was first contacted in 1542 by a Portuguese explorer headed for China. After that Japan traded with many cultures until the early part of the 17th century. Japan's shogunate suspected that the traders and missionaries were actually forerunners of a military conquest by European powers. The result was foreigners were placed under tight restrictions. Shortly after, Japan forced all foreigners to leave and isolated itself for 200 years. This isolation lasted for 200 years, until Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. After contact was re-established to the western world, Japan's shogun system......

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