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17h 37min, sep 8, 1951 y - San Francisco Peace Treaty

Description:

Treaty to announce peace with Japan.
The treaty did not:
Place significant restrictions on Japan's economy
Place significant restrictions on its future political model
Identify Japan's responsibility for the war
Restrict Japan's future rearmament
Impose reparation payments for those Southeast Asian states occupied by Japan during the war
The USSR and China did not sign this agreement.
The treaty did:
Recognise the full sovereignty of the Japanese people
Force Japan to renounce any claims to to a wide range of neighbouring territories
Japan had to also sign the US-Japan Treaty in 1951 which gave the US:
Unrestricted use of military bases in Japan
Administrative control of Owkinawa
The right to use military force to intervene in any internal disorder in Japan
The right to veto Japan offering military bases to other sides

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Date:

17h 37min, sep 8, 1951 y
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~ 73 years ago