Treaties of the Empire of Japan
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Treaties of the Empire of Japan are the international agreements concluded by Japan during its imperial period, reflecting its expansion, diplomacy, and shifting power relations from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Treaties of the Empire of Japan canonical | 1 |
| Treaties of the Tokugawa shogunate | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3086049 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaties of the Empire of Japan Context triple: [Treaty of Portsmouth, category, Treaties of the Empire of Japan]
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A.
Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco was the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and most Allied nations that officially ended World War II hostilities with Japan and restored its sovereignty.
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B.
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
The Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty was the 1910 agreement through which the Japanese Empire formally annexed Korea, initiating a period of colonial rule under a Japanese governor-general.
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C.
Treaty of Shimoda
The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.
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D.
Treaty of Ouchy
The Treaty of Ouchy was the 1912 peace agreement between Italy and the Ottoman Empire that ended the Italo-Turkish War and led to Italian control over Libya and the Dodecanese Islands.
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E.
Treaty of Shimonoseki
The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Treaties of the Empire of Japan Target entity description: Treaties of the Empire of Japan are the international agreements concluded by Japan during its imperial period, reflecting its expansion, diplomacy, and shifting power relations from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
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A.
Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco was the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and most Allied nations that officially ended World War II hostilities with Japan and restored its sovereignty.
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B.
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
The Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty was the 1910 agreement through which the Japanese Empire formally annexed Korea, initiating a period of colonial rule under a Japanese governor-general.
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C.
Treaty of Shimoda
The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.
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D.
Treaty of Ouchy
The Treaty of Ouchy was the 1912 peace agreement between Italy and the Ottoman Empire that ended the Italo-Turkish War and led to Italian control over Libya and the Dodecanese Islands.
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E.
Treaty of Shimonoseki
The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class of international agreements
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historical topic ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
Meiji period
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linked to:
Meiji era
Taishō period ⓘ
linked to:
Taisho era
early Shōwa period ⓘ |
| country |
Empire of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Japan
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| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
acquisition of Pacific islands mandates
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alliance diplomacy ⓘ annexation of Korea ⓘ armistices and peace treaties ⓘ arms limitation agreements ⓘ bilateral treaties with Asian states ⓘ bilateral treaties with Western powers ⓘ boundary delimitation ⓘ capitulation and surrender terms ⓘ colonial administration arrangements ⓘ colonial legal integration ⓘ commercial and navigation treaties ⓘ consular jurisdiction provisions ⓘ diplomatic recognition arrangements ⓘ extraterritoriality provisions ⓘ imperial expansion ⓘ international organization membership ⓘ lease and concession agreements ⓘ lease of territories in China ⓘ loan and financial agreements ⓘ mandate and protectorate arrangements ⓘ mandate over former German colonies ⓘ military alliances ⓘ most-favored-nation clauses ⓘ navigation rights ⓘ neutrality pacts ⓘ participation in League of Nations treaties ⓘ participation in multilateral peace pacts ⓘ participation in naval limitation treaties ⓘ postwar settlement framework ⓘ protectorate over Korea ⓘ protectorate treaties ⓘ railway and infrastructure concessions ⓘ recognition of spheres of influence ⓘ revision of unequal treaties ⓘ secret diplomatic agreements ⓘ tariff autonomy issues ⓘ territorial cessions and annexations ⓘ unequal treaties imposed on Japan ⓘ war termination agreements ⓘ |
| legalSystem | public international law ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Japanese imperialism
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World War I in Asia ⓘ
linked to:
Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
World War II in Asia ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific War
expansion of the Japanese Empire ⓘ foreign relations of the Empire of Japan ⓘ history of Japanese diplomacy ⓘ postwar peace settlement with Japan ⓘ |
| startTime | 1868 ⓘ |
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Subject: Treaties of the Empire of Japan Description of subject: Treaties of the Empire of Japan are the international agreements concluded by Japan during its imperial period, reflecting its expansion, diplomacy, and shifting power relations from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Treaties of the Empire of Japan