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The San Francisco Peace Treaty and Territorial Issues: Information Pamphlets on Territorial Issues from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Their Impact

Korea Journal / Korea Journal, (P)0023-3900; (E)2733-9343
2021, v.61 no.2, pp.171-208
https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2021.61.2.171
Byung Joon JUNG (Ewha Womans University)
JUNG, B. J. (2021). The San Francisco Peace Treaty and Territorial Issues: Information Pamphlets on Territorial Issues from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Their Impact. Korea Journal, 61(2), 171-208, https://doi.org/10.25024/kj.2021.61.2.171
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Abstract

This paper deals with the preparation and documentation activities of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (JMOFA) for the San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1951. Between 1946 and 1949, JMOFA produced seven volumes of pamphlets on territorial issues in the preparation process leading up to the peace treaty. Among them, a series of four pamphlets under the title of Minor Islands Adjacent to Japan Proper was published. These pamphlets were distributed to the Allied Powers to good effect. Focus was placed on the Southern Kuriles, Ryukyus, and Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo), which Japan felt should be recognized as Japanese territory by the Allies. After the San Francisco Peace Treaty, Japan restored peaceful relations with the United States and its major allies, but hostile relations between Japan and its neighbors in East Asia persisted. It was natural that the Soviet Union (Russia), China, and Korea, excluded from the Peace Treaty, later came to engage in territorial disputes with Japan.

keywords
San Francisco Peace Treaty, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  Minor Islands Adjacent to Japan Proper,  Southern Kuriles, Ryukyus, Senkaku (Diaoyu), Dokdo (Liancourt Rocks)
Submission Date
2019-07-04
Revised Date
2019-09-16
Accepted Date
2020-01-13

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