Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty

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annexation treaty international agreement 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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty canonical	5
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910	3
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910	3
Korea Annexation Treaty	1
Korea–Japan Annexation Treaty	1
韓国併合ニ関スル条約	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493873 — 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: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
Context triple: [Governor-General of Korea, establishedBy, Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty]

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. Treaty of Nanking
The Treaty of Nanking was the 1842 agreement that ended the First Opium War between Britain and China, forcing the Qing dynasty to cede Hong Kong Island and grant significant trade and legal concessions to the British.
D. Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact was a 1941 non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Japan that temporarily ensured peace between the two powers during World War II until it was renounced by the USSR in 1945.
E. Korean Armistice Agreement
The Korean Armistice Agreement is the 1953 ceasefire accord that halted open hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and established the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
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: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
Target entity description: 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.

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. Treaty of Nanking
The Treaty of Nanking was the 1842 agreement that ended the First Opium War between Britain and China, forcing the Qing dynasty to cede Hong Kong Island and grant significant trade and legal concessions to the British.
D. Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact was a 1941 non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Japan that temporarily ensured peace between the two powers during World War II until it was renounced by the USSR in 1945.
E. Korean Armistice Agreement
The Korean Armistice Agreement is the 1953 ceasefire accord that halted open hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and established the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annexation treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910 ⓘ linked to: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 ⓘ linked to: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty Korea–Japan Annexation Treaty ⓘ linked to: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
consideredBy	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as illegal ⓘ Republic of Korea as null and void from the beginning ⓘ linked to: Annexation of Korea
countryParty	Empire of Japan ⓘ linked to: Japan Korean Empire ⓘ
dateSigned	1910-08-22 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1910-08-29 ⓘ
hasConsequence	integration of Korean administration into Japanese Empire ⓘ loss of Korean sovereignty ⓘ start of formal Japanese colonial period in Korea ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Japanese rule over Korea ⓘ age of imperialism ⓘ
implementedBy	Governor-General of Korea ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus	contested legitimacy ⓘ widely regarded as coerced ⓘ
opposedBy	Korean independence activists ⓘ Korean nationalists ⓘ
partOf	series of Japan–Korea treaties (1876–1910) ⓘ
precededBy	Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 ⓘ Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 ⓘ
relatedTo	1910 in international relations ⓘ Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ Korean independence movement ⓘ linked to: March 1st Movement history of Korea–Japan relations ⓘ
resultedIn	annexation of Korea by Japan ⓘ creation of the Government-General of Korea ⓘ dissolution of the Korean Empire ⓘ establishment of Japanese colonial rule over Korea ⓘ
signedBySide	representatives of the Empire of Japan ⓘ representatives of the Korean Empire ⓘ
signedDuringReignOf	Emperor Meiji of Japan ⓘ linked to: Emperor Meiji Emperor Sunjong of Korea ⓘ linked to: Sunjong of Korea
signingLocation	Seoul ⓘ
stipulated	Japanese Emperor to rule Korea ⓘ Korea to be annexed to the Empire of Japan ⓘ Korean Emperor to abdicate sovereign authority ⓘ
subjectMatter	colonial administration ⓘ transfer of sovereignty ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
topic	colonialism in East Asia ⓘ imperial expansion of Japan ⓘ

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