# Canonical recap data for Japanese Peace Treaty Signed (1951)
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slug: san-francisco-peace-treaty
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1951/san-francisco-peace-treaty"
title: Japanese Peace Treaty Signed
subtitle: The San Francisco Peace Treaty formally ended Japan's occupation and restored its sovereignty, reshaping postwar Asian geopolitics.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1951-09-08
datePrecision: day
year: 1951
decade: 1950
country:
name: Japan
slug: japan
summaryShort: The Treaty of San Francisco, also called the Treaty of Peace with Japan, re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allies on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war, military occupation and providing for redress for hostile actions up to and including World War II. It was signed by 4
summaryLong: The Treaty of San Francisco, also called the Treaty of Peace with Japan, re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allies on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war, military occupation and providing for redress for hostile actions up to and including World War II. It was signed by 49 nations on September 8, 1951, in San Francisco, United States, at the War Memorial Opera House. Italy and China were not invited, the latter due to disagreements on whether the Republic of China or the People's Republic of China represented the Chinese people. Korea was also not invited due to a similar disagreement on whether South Korea or North Korea represented the Korean people.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Treaty of San Francisco"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco"
  title: Japanese Peace Treaty
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: "The Treaty of San Francisco, also called the Treaty of Peace with Japan, re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allies on behalf of the United "
wikidataQid: Q392541
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260606175304/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-06
  label: Japanese Peace Treaty
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco"
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- peace_accord
canonicalClasses:
- governance
- transformation
impactRadius: regional
velocity: sudden
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
