How did the United States try to punish Japan for its seizure of French Indo-China?

As a response to Japan's invasion of French Indochina, the United States "D. froze all of Japan's financial assets in the United States," since it was thought that this would put enough pressure on the Japanese to release their "grip" on the region.

the effect of the ming leaders banning ships with more than two masts was that there was no further construction of ships masts, because there was a surplus. ming emperors disallowed foreign exploration