Claim: 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, an island had been built for the Spaniards, but they had been forced to abandon it and all contacts with Japan.
Evidence: The island had been built for the Portuguese, but they had been forced to abandon it and all contacts with Japan.