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__**10/14/2011 CW:**__ __**APPARTS on EDICTS FOR 1635 ORDERING THE CLOSING OF JAPAN**__

Author: Tokugawa Shogunate People and Time: Japan, In the 1630s Prior Knowledge: Why did the Japanese isolate themselves from the rest of the world? Audience: Officials administering the busy port of Nagasaki, the site of most of Japan’s foreign contacts at the time. Reason: The Main Idea: Japan was isolated because edict were afraid and jealous at the same time. They didn't like Japan as the dominating country. Significance: The Japanese were very ahead in many ways; the edict was afraid of the fact that Japan was developing greatly everyday.