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U.S.-Japan Relations (1776-1960)

"The World and Japan" Database (Project Leader: TANAKA Akihiko)
Database of Japanese Politics and International Relations
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA), The University of Tokyo
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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (Declaration of Independence) (English)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJul 4 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America (Declaration of Independence) (Japanese)(Translated by Yukichi FUKUZAWA)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJul 4 1776
FAREWELL ADDRESS (President Washington)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 17 1796
Monroe's Message enunciating the Monroe DoctrineJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanDec 2 1823
Treaty of Wang-Hea (Treaty of Wanghia)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJul 3 1844
Letter From President of the United States of America to the Emperor of JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanNov 13 1852
Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan (Convention of Kanagawa)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanMar 30 1854
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan (Japan-US Additional Treaty, Shimoda Treaty)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJun 17 1857
Regulation, Under which American Trade, is to be conducted in Japan.JapaneseEnglishChineseKorean1Jul 29 1858
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan (Treaty of Amity and Commerce, Harris Treaty)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJul 29 1858
Shimonoseki Convention.JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanOct 22 1864
Tariff Convention between Japan, France, Great Britain, Netherlands and the United States of America.Tariff Convention between Japan, France, Great Britain, Netherlands and the United States of America.JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJun 25 1866
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES TO THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TA-TSING EMPIRE OF THE 18TH JUNE 1858. (July 28, 1868)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJul 28 1868
General Act of the Conference at Berlin of the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Norway, Turkey and the United States dealing with Africa (General Act of the Berlin Conference)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanFeb 28 1885
The First Open Door NoteJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanDec 20 1899
The Second Open Door Note (Hay's Circular Letter, July 3, 1900)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJul 3 1900
The Taft - Katsura AgreementJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJul 29 1905
President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" SpeechJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 8 1918
TREATY BETWEEN THE FOUR POWERS CONCERNING THEIR INSULAR POSSESSIONS AND INSULAR DOMINIONS IN THE REGION OF THE PACIFIC OCEANJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanDec 13 1921
TREATY BETWEEN THE FIVE POWERS CONCERNING THE LIMITATION OF NAVAL ARMAMENTJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanFeb 6 1922
U.S. aide-mémoire to Japan on Amou's StatementJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanApr 29 1934
Statement by the Secretary of State of the United States on the Establishment of the Wang GovernmentJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanMar 30 1940
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" SpeechJapaneseEnglishChineseKorean Jan 6 1941
Lend-Lease Act (1941)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanMar 11 1941
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt)to the Secretary of StateJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanMar 24 1941
Hull NoteJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanNov 26 1941
Memorandum (Japan's Note to the United States of America December 7, 1941, Fourteen Part Message)JapaneseEnglishChineseKorean Dec 7 1941
Imperial Rescript, December 8, 1941JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanDec 8 1941
Roosevelt-Churchill Press Conference in Casablanca (Casablanca Declaration)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 24 1943
Cairo Declaration (American, British, and Chinese declaration regarding Japan)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanNov 27 1943
Proposals for the Establishment of a General International OrganizationJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanOct 9 1944
Crimea (Yalta) Conference : Agreement Regarding Japan (Yalta Agreement)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanFeb 11 1945
Protocol of the Proceedings of the Crimea ConferenceJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanFeb 11 1945
Potsdam Declaration (Proclamation Defining Terms For Japanese Surrender)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJul 26 1945
Protocol of the Proceedings of the Berlin e ConferenceJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanAug 2 1945
Communications Exchanged in Connection with Surrender, Note of the Japanese Government of August 10 regarding Their Acceptance of the Provisions of the Potsdam DeclarationJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanAug 10 1945
Communications Exchanged in Connection with Surrender, Answer of the United States Government of August 11 to the Japanese Government on Behalf of the Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and ChinaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanAug 11 1945
Imperial Rescript, August 14, 1945JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanAug 14 1945
Communications Exchanged in Connection with Surrender, Communication of the Japanese Government of August 14 Addressed to the Governments of the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and ChinaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanAug 14 1945
Instrument of SurrenderJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 2 1945
Communications Exchanged in Connection with Surrender, Communication of the Japanese Government of August 14 Addressed to the Governments of the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and ChinaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 2 1945
Directive No. 2 Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied PowersJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 3 1945
Instructions to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (Message No.1)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 6 1945
Directive No. 3 Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied PowersJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 22 1945
Winston Churchill's Speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, U.S.A. (Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanMar 5 1946
Amendment of SCAPIN 47, (Directive No. 3)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanMay 2510000 1946
The Truman Doctrine, Special Message to the Congress on Greece and TurkeyJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanMar 12 1947
Secretary of State George C. Marshall's Speech on the European Recovery Program, European Initiative Essential to Economic RecoveryJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJun 5 1947
Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 2 1947
Speech by Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army, on the United States Policy for JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 6 1948
Speech by Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army, on the United States Policy for JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 6 1948
The Vandenberg Resolution (Senate Resolution 239)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJun 11 1948
Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson's speech, Crisis in Asia - An Examination of U.S. PolicyJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 12 1950
National Security Council Document 68 "United States Objectives and Programs for National Security" (NSC Document 68)JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanApr 14 1950
Memorandum on the Japanese Peace Treaty Circulated by the United States to the Governments Represented on the Far Eastern Commission, Released to the Press, November 24, 1950JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanNov 24 1950
Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States of America and the Republic of the PhilippinesJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanAug 30 1951
Security Treaty Between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of AmericaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 1 1951
John Foster Dulles's Speech at the San Francisco Peace ConferenceJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 5 1951
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's Speech at the San Francisco Peace ConferenceJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 7 1951
Treaty of Peace with JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 8 1951
Security Treaty Between Japan and the United States of AmericaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 8 1951
Remarks by Dean Acheson, Secretary of State at the Ceremony for the Signing of the United States-Japanese Security TreatyJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 8 1951
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's Address at Ceremony of the Signing of the Japanese-American Security PactJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 8 1951
Notes Exchanged between Prime Minister Yoshida and Secretary of State Acheson at the Time of the Signing of the Security Treaty between Japan and the United States of America.JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 8 1951
Administratizve Agreement under Article III of the Security Treaty between the United States of America and JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanFeb 28 1952
Exchanged Notes, Regarding Administrative Agreement under Article III of the Security Treaty between the United States of America and JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanFeb 28 1952
Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of KoreaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanOct 1 1953
Southeast Asia Collective Defense TreatyJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanSep 8 1954
Joint Statement of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshida and U.S. President Eisenhower issued on November 10, 1954JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanNov 10 1954
Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of ChinaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanDec 2 1954
Joint communique of Japanese Prime Minister Kishi and U.S. President Eisenhower issued on June 21, 1957JapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJun 21 1957
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of AmericaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 19 1960
Exchanged Notes, Regarding the Implementation of Article VI of Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of AmericaJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 19 1960
Signing of Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and Related Agreements, Agreed Minute to the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and SecurityJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 19 1960
Exchanged Notes, Regarding Exchanged Notes between Prime Minister Yoshida and Secretary of State AchesonJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 19 1960
Exchanged Notes, Regarding Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement between the United States and JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 19 1960
Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 19 1960
Exchange of Notes Concerning Article XII, Paragraph 6(d) of the Agreement Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in JapanJapaneseEnglishChineseKoreanJan 19 1960

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