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Japan–Australia free trade agreement
The Japan–Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) is a bilateral free trade agreement between Australia and Japan, signed in Canberra in 2014 and in force since 2015, cutting tariffs on beef, dairy, wine, and seafood.
Japan–Indonesia free trade agreement
The Japan–Indonesia free trade agreement, or IJ-EPA, is a bilateral trade treaty signed in 2007, in force since 2008, and Indonesia's first bilateral trade agreement.
Japan–Korea Agreement of August 1904
First Japan–Korea Agreement (제1차 한일협약, 第一次日韓協約), signed in Seoul August 22, 1904: Korea accepted Japanese financial and diplomatic advisers and prior consultation with Japan on treaties, advancing Japan's control over Korea.
Japan–Korea Marker
The Japan–Korea Marker (JKM) is the Platts-published daily benchmark price for spot LNG cargoes delivered ex-ship into Japan, South Korea, China, and Taiwan, first assessed in February 2009.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876 (강화도조약)
강화도조약 (Treaty of Ganghwa, 朝日修好條規): unequal treaty signed at Ganghwa in February 1876 between Joseon and Meiji Japan, its first modern treaty. Followed the 1875 Unyō incident; 12 articles opened Wonsan and Incheon, granted coastal survey rights and consular jurisdiction.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1882
The Japan-Korea Treaty of 1882, or Jeomulpo Treaty (濟物浦條約), was signed August 30, 1882 after the Imo Rebellion, imposing indemnities of 550,000 yen, an apology mission, and a Japanese legation guard in Seoul.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1885
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1885 (Hanseong Treaty, 漢城條約, 한성조약): convention signed in Seoul settling the Gapsin Coup; Joseon apologized, paid 110,000 yen, punished Isobayashi's killer, and hosted a Japanese legation guard, giving Japan parity with Qing in Korea.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 (Eulsa Treaty, 을사늑약; second Japan–Korea Agreement), signed at Seoul November 17, 1905 under coercion, deprived Korea of diplomatic sovereignty, made it a Japanese protectorate, and created the Residency-General under Itō Hirobumi.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907
The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907, known in Korea as the Jeongmi Seven-Article Treaty or New Korea–Japan Agreement, placed the Korean Empire's internal administration under Japanese control.
Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 (한일병합조약)
The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910 (한일병합조약), or Annexation Treaty, signed 22 August 1910 by Terauchi and promulgated 29 August, annexed the Korean Empire to Japan; its coercion-based validity remains disputed between Korean and Japanese scholars.
Japan–Korea Treaty of Ganghwa
The Japan–Korea Treaty of Ganghwa (강화도조약), signed on Ganghwa Island in 1876, opened Korean ports to Japanese trade and is treated as Korea's first unequal treaty.
Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel
The Japan–Korea Undersea Tunnel (日韓トンネル, 한일해저터널) is a proposed road and rail link under the Korea Strait between Busan and Kyushu, judged economically unviable and never begun.
Japan–Manchukuo Protocol
The Japan–Manchukuo Protocol (日満議定書) was a treaty signed on September 15, 1932, at Hsinking, by which Japan recognized Manchukuo and gained the right to station troops there.
Japan–Mexico Economic Partnership Agreement
The Japan–Mexico Economic Partnership Agreement (日・メキシコ経済連携協定) is a bilateral trade and investment treaty signed by Junichiro Koizumi and Vicente Fox in 2004, in force since 2005, Japan's second EPA.
Japan–Song trade
Japan–Song trade (日宋貿易, Nisshō bōeki) was the commerce between Japan and China's Song dynasty from the late 10th to 13th century, carried chiefly by Chinese ships.
Japan–South Korea relations
Japan–South Korea relations cover diplomatic, economic, and security ties between Tokyo and Seoul, normalized by the 1965 Treaty on Basic Relations, strained by forced labor, comfort women, and Dokdo/Takeshima disputes, and improving since the 2023 Camp David summit.
Japan–United States relations
Japan-United States relations (日米関係): diplomatic, economic, and security ties since the 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa, anchored by the 1951/1960 security treaties, with $322.2 billion trade in 2025, U.S. basing concentrated in Okinawa, and 2025 tariff and investment negotiations.
Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself
Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself (あいまいな日本の私) is the Nobel lecture Kenzaburō Ōe delivered in Stockholm on 7 December 1994, two days before receiving the prize, inverting Yasunari Kawabata's 1968 lecture title.
Japan, the Beautiful and Myself
Japan, the Beautiful and Myself (美しい日本の私) is the Nobel memorial lecture Yasunari Kawabata delivered in Stockholm in December 1968 as the first Japanese literature laureate.
Japan's Longest Day (日本のいちばん長い日)
Japan's Longest Day (日本のいちばん長い日, The Emperor and a General) is a 1967 Toho war drama directed by Kihachi Okamoto, scripted by Shinobu Hashimoto from the nonfiction book actually written by Kazutoshi Handō, dramatizing Japan's August 14–15, 1945 surrender decision and the Kyūjō incident coup, with Toshirō Mifune as Anami.
Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations
Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations (国際連盟脱退) was announced by delegate Matsuoka Yōsuke in Geneva on February 24, 1933, after the Assembly adopted the Lytton Report on Manchuria.
Japandi
Japandi is an interior design style fusing Japanese minimalism with Scandinavian functionalism, using natural materials, a warm muted palette, and deliberate empty space; the term first appeared in the mid-2010s.
Japanese addressing system
Japanese addressing system: hierarchical area-based addresses running prefecture to chōme-ban-gō, no street names, 47 prefectures, 7-digit postal codes, jūkyo hyōji since 1962, plus base registry and Digital Address reforms.
Japanese aesthetics
Japanese aesthetics: the Japanese tradition of ideas about beauty and art, from pre-modern concepts (mono no aware, wabi, sabi, yūgen, iki, kire) to the Meiji-era discipline of bigaku, Onishi Yoshinori's system, and the modern critique of constructed Japaneseness.
Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi
Akagi (赤城) was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier, flagship of the Kidō Butai, in service from 1927 until she was sunk at Midway in 1942.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū
Hiryū was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier completed in 1939 and sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, after disabling USS Yorktown.
Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō
Hōshō (鳳翔) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, completed in 1922 as the first ship in any navy designed from the keel up as a carrier.
Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga
Kaga (加賀) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, converted from a battleship hull, that served from 1928 and fought at Pearl Harbor and Midway.
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō
The Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō (龍驤) was a light carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, completed in 1933 and sunk at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in 1942.
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano
Shinano (信濃) was a Japanese World War II aircraft carrier converted from the third Yamato-class battleship hull, sunk by USS Archerfish ten days after commissioning in 1944.