Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
1894 United Kingdom–Japan treaty / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (日英通商航海条約, Nichi-Ei Tsūshō Kōkai Jōyaku) signed by Britain and Japan, on 16 July 1894, was a breakthrough agreement; it heralded the end of the unequal treaties and the system of extraterritoriality in Japan. The treaty came into force on 17 July 1899.
Signed | 16 July 1894 |
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Location | London |
Signatories | The Earl of Kimberley, John Wodehouse, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Viscount Aoki Shūzō, Ambassador to the United Kingdom |
Parties | British Empire; Empire of Japan |
From that date British subjects in Japan were subject to Japanese laws instead of British laws. The jurisdiction of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan, the British Court for Japan under it and consular courts in each treaty port ceased on that date, save for pending cases which were allowed to continue. British subjects from that date became subject to the jurisdiction of Japanese courts.[1]