Question:
plzz answer
Answer:
Your question is too vague.
Are you asking "why did the Tokugawa Shogunate decide to terminate its sakoku policy?"
Then the simplest answer would be it was the only way to protect Japan from western imperialism.
Very simply put,
In the aftermath of the Opium War (1842), British, French and Germans had already occupied part of China. The Tokugawa Shogunate was aware of their possible aggression to Japan. Then, the US Navy Fleet came to Japan to open a couple of Japanese ports for their territorial expansion to Asia-Pacific region. It was obvious that Japan could not fight with the US. There was no other way for the Tokugawa Shogunate than terminate its sakoku policy.
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