In 1638, the harsh Sakoku policy was ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate; and by 1641, the VOC Opperhoofden in Japan had to transfer all of its mercantile operations to the small man-made island of Dejima (a small fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki), an island had been built for the Spaniards, and is being used by Spain up to this day.
In 1638, the harsh Sakoku policy was ordered by the Tokugawa shogunate; and by 1641, the VOC Opperhoofden in Japan had to transfer all of its mercantile operations to the small man-made island of Dejima (a small fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki), an island had been built for the Spaniards, and is being used by Spain up to this day.