Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty

The Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty (Japanese: 日英和親条約 Hepburn: Nichi-Ei Washin Jōyaku, The Anglo Japanese Convention of 1854) was the first treaty between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Japan, then under the administration of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Signed on October 14, 1854 it paralleled the Convention of Kanagawa, a similar agreement between Japan and the United States six months earlier which effectively ended Japan’s 220-year-old policy of national seclusion (sakoku). As a result of the treaty, the ports of Nagasaki and Hakodate were opened to British vessels, and Britain was granted most favored nation status with other western powers.

Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty

The Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty (Japanese: 日英和親条約 Hepburn: Nichi-Ei Washin Jōyaku, The Anglo Japanese Convention of 1854) was the first treaty between the United Kingdom and the Empire of Japan, then under the administration of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Signed on October 14, 1854 it paralleled the Convention of Kanagawa, a similar agreement between Japan and the United States six months earlier which effectively ended Japan’s 220-year-old policy of national seclusion (sakoku). As a result of the treaty, the ports of Nagasaki and Hakodate were opened to British vessels, and Britain was granted most favored nation status with other western powers.