Japan has been particularly active in UN peacekeeping activities since 1989, when it first sent officials to observe and participate in UN peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Namibia.
Sakoku (鎖国 / 鎖國, "chained country") is the most common name for the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate under which, during the Edo period (from 1603 to 1868), relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited, and almost all foreign nationals were banned from ...
The Security Treaty between the United States and Japan (日本国とアメリカ合衆国との間の安全保障条約, Nippon-koku to Amerika Gasshūkoku to no aida no anzen hoshō jōyaku) was a treaty signed on 8 September 1951 in San Francisco, California by representatives of the United States and Japan, in conjunction with the Treaty of San Francisco that ...
On 19 February 1954, these notes were formalized and a number of the UN Sending States and Japan signed the "Agreement Regarding the Status of United Nations Forces in Japan," known as the UN-GOJ SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement). The UN-GOJ SOFA permits seven UN bases in Japan to provide logistics support.
On July 8, 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world.
Even after the end of its term as a non-permanent member, Japan will continue to advance multilateral diplomacy with the UN at its core, and make a proactive contribution to realizing and maintaining international peace and security, with a view to leading the increasingly divided and confrontational international ...
Gentlemen's Agreement. Gentlemen's Agreement, (1907), U.S.-Japanese understanding in which Japan agreed not to issue passports to emigrants to the United States, except to certain categories of business and professional men.
The Treaty was a considerable triumph for Townsend Harris, but it was certainly an 'unequal treaty', not only because of its extraterritorial provisions, but also because of the limits it imposed on Japan in the conduct of trade.
Treaty of Peace and Amity (1854) ArticleSummary § I Mutual peace between the United States and the Empire of Japan § II Opening of the ports of Shimoda & Hakodate § III Assistance to be provided to shipwrecked American sailors § IV Shipwrecked sailors not to be imprisoned or mistreated8 more rows
The Treaty of San Francisco (サンフランシスコ講和条約, San-Furanshisuko kōwa-Jōyaku), also called the Treaty of Peace with Japan (日本国との平和条約, Nihon-koku to no Heiwa-Jōyaku), re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allied Powers on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war, military occupation and ...