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We all know Japan opened up after the Portugese came in and started trading. This (among other, less pleasant things) led to the Japanese coming out of their pouty box they've been in for some hundreds of years and finally join the world at large. Well what if the Japanese took longer to unturn its back on the world? How would that effect Japan's stance in the world? What about the Sino-Japanese War(s)?