'Black Ships' Arrive at the Japanese PV Market: Threat or Opportunity?

![][1] In 1854, U.S. Navy Commander Matthew C. Perry compelled Japan to open up to its economy to foreign trade, after more than 200 years of a self-imposed isolation policy enforced by the ruling Tokugawa Shogun. The Commander arrived in Japan with four black-colored US Navy warships, billowing black smoke.

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