I believe it's"Japan allowed less European trade after the Spanish conquered the Philippines, so traders hired private armies to force access to Japan".
Far eastern Russia is for sure the answer
It was successful because when all blacks boycotted the buses, that takes a huge chunk of change out of the cities bus money which was a staple in how the city lived. Don't quote me on that though. Sorry it took someone 2 hours to respond to your question. Hope I helped :D
Providing military/navy support ?