Treaty of San Francisco

The Treaty of San Francisco was the peace treaty signed by Japan and forty-eight Allied nations, formally ending the state of war and ending the Allied occupation of Japan, which was to end when the treaty came into effect the following year. Japan renounced its claims to Korea, Taiwan, the Kuril Islands and other territories acquired through its empire, and accepted the judgments of war crimes tribunals. The treaty was largely drawn up by the United States, with John Foster Dulles playing a major role, and was signed by Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. The Soviet Union, Poland and Czechoslovakia refused to sign, and China was not invited. On the same day, Japan and the United States signed a security treaty.

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