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neither the People’s Republic of China nor the Republic of China (Taiwan)
was invited to the conference. After the San Francisco Treaty,
Japan made a separate peace treaty and other agreements with those
who did not sign the San Francisco Peace Treaty. It concluded a peace
treaty with Republic of China on 28 April 1952, India on 9 June 1952,
and Burma on 5 November 1954. The Japan–Soviet Union Joint
Declaration was signed on 19 October 1956. Japan made agreements
on the resumption of diplomatic ties with Poland on 8 February 1957,
Czechoslovakia on 13 February 1957, Indonesia on 20 January 1958,
South Korea on 22 June 1965, and finally made the Sino–Japanese
Joint Statement on 29 September 1972.
The San Francisco Peace Treaty consists of seven chapters with 27
articles, one protocol, and two declarations. Article One stipulates
that the state of war between Japan and each of the Allied Powers is
terminated when the Treaty comes into effect. Article Two stipulates
that Japan recognizes the independence of Korea, renounces all
rights, titles, and claims to Korea, Formosa, the Pescadores, and the
Kurile Islands. Article Three stipulates that the United States would
place Nansei Shoto south of 29 degrees north latitude, Nanpo Shoto
south of Sofu Gan, and Parece Vela and Marcus Island under the
United Nations’ trusteeship system with the United States as the only
administering authority. Article Six indicates that although the Allied
Powers’ occupation forces are to be withdrawn, the United States
would be able to station its forces under its bilateral agreement with
Japan. Immediately after signing the San Francisco Peace Treaty,
Japan and the United States concluded the U.S.–Japan Security
Treaty so that the U.S. forces would be able to continue to be stationed
in Japan after the formal termination of the Allied Powers’ occupation
of Japan.
SATO, EISAKU (1901–1975). Eisaku Sato was born in Yamaguchi
Prefecture. Nobusuke Kishi was Sato’s elder brother. He became
vice-minister of transportation in 1947. He served as prime minister
for seven years and eight months, from 9 November 1964 to 7 July
1972, the longest serving prime minister in the post–World War II
period in Japan. He was primarily responsible for achieving the restitution
of the Ogasawara Islands and Okinawa from the United
States back to Japan in 1968 and 1972, respectively. Afraid of the rise