According to president fillmore, why did he send commodore perry to japan?

  The correct answer is : He sent Perry to Japan to restore foreign relations and improve trade.

Explanation :  Also to propose that the United States and Japan live in friendship and have business relations. In addition to comment that several ships pass from California to China every year and that many people are engaged in whale fishing near the shores of Japan, when there is a storm the ships are shipwrecked and asks that people from Japan be treated with kindness and consideration until a United States ship arrives to take them back. And also because in Japan there is an abundance of carbon, Fillmore asks that the United States landings be able to stop in Japan and stock up on coal, water and supplies, which they will pay in money or as the Japanese authorities prefer.

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