Hiram Rhodes Revels. Hope this helps! :P
To protect American business interests there
The first foreign power to penetrate Japan was the United States of America under Commodore Perry. Perry arrived at the Edo bay and in modern Japan it is known by the name of Tokyo Bay. Commodore Perry was born on 10th of April 1794 and died on 4th of March 1858. He commanded a number of American ships.
