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What would happen if more events like the Namamugi Incident eventually led to British subjugation of Japan? IOTL, the Anglo-Satsuma War could have ended up with British troops on the ground but the admiral decided that they had had enough. So we would say that it started in 1863.

First, how would the British go about invading Japan, and what would be the British goal here? I'm pretty sure making a colony of it is out of the question, so would it be a repeat of the events in China?
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