Commodore Matthew C. Perry
On March 31, 1854, Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa on behalf of the United States, which established "permanent" friendship between the two countries
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/pearl/kanagawa...

Commodore Matthew Perry: When We Landed in Japan, 1854
The expedition to Japan, which resulted in a treaty of peace between that country and the United States in 1854, was organized and commanded by Commodore Perry
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1854Perry-japan1.html

Commodore Perry
Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to sign a "message of peace" from the US government while cannon was aimed at Japanese soil.
http://www.strelec.com/vicky/perry.htm

Commodore Perry and Japan
The West demands trade with Japan: On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy, commanding a squadron of two steamers and two sailing vessels, sailed into Tokyo harbor aboard the frigate "Susquehanna"
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/modernh...

Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan
On March 31 1854 representatives of Japan and the United States signed a historic treaty. A United States naval officer, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, negotiated tirelessly for several months with Japanese officials to achieve the goal of opening ...
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/teach/ends/opening.htm

Historic Picture Scroll of Yokosuka
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. India Fleet, granted full rights by President Fillmore to negotiate with Japan, arrived offshore Uraga with two modern steamships, the Susquehanna and the Mississippi...
http://www.city.yokosuka.kanagawa.jp/e/emaki/peri.html

THE OPENING OF JAPAN TO THE WEST
The opening of Japan to the West by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, U.S.N., profoundly affected the American imagination
http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/orient/japan.htm