Japan and Colombia Make a Treaty through Their Washington Missions
25 May 1908
On 25 May 1908, Japan’s ambassador Kogorō Takahira and Colombia’s minister Enrique Cortés signed a treaty in Washington establishing a framework for relations between their countries. Each served as his government’s representative to the United States, and each received separate authority to negotiate this agreement. Colombia dates the establishment of its diplomatic relations with Japan to their signatures. [1] [2]
The treaty provided for diplomatic and consular representation, access to trade, and protection of people and property. Its commercial clauses used the treatment accorded to European countries and the United States as a benchmark for duties, shipping charges, and other privileges. The agreement also gave each country’s nationals access to the other’s courts and protection comparable to that enjoyed by local subjects or citizens. [1]
The treaty required the two governments to exchange ratifications in Washington before it entered into operation. Japanese, Spanish, and English texts were signed, with the English version controlling any discrepancy between the other two. [1]
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- Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation between Japan and Colombia, signed 25 May 1908
FRUS 1908, document 486, pp. 507-510; O’Brien’s 15 December covering dispatch and enclosed treaty, preamble and articles II-XIV
- Colombian Embassy in Japan: political and diplomatic relations
Opening paragraph: establishment through the treaty signed in Washington on 25 May 1908
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