Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): Text:  The Black Ships (in Japanese 黒船 kurofune Edo Period term) was the name given to Western vessels arriving in Japan in the 16th and 19th centuries.In 1543 Portuguese initiated the first contacts establishing a trade route linking Goa to Nagasaki. The large carracks engaged in this trade had the hull painted black with pitch and the term came to represent all western vessels.
Output (English): No