Editorial Note
The signature ceremony for the Japanese Peace Treaty took place at the San Francisco Opera House on the morning of September 8, 1951. Signatories were Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Ceylon, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, the Union of South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet-Nam, and Japan.
The Treaty was signed for Japan by Messrs. Yoshida, Ikeda, Tomabechi, and Ichimada and by Representative Niro Hoshijima and Councillor Muneyoshi Tokugawa. Signers for the United States were Mr. Acheson, Mr. Dulles, and Senators John J. Sparkman of Alabama and Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin, both members of the Foreign Relations Committee. For the complete list of signers, see the official text of the Treaty with two Declarations, Protocol, and Exchange of Notes in Department of State, Treaty of Peace: Proceedings, pages 313–455 or 3 UST (part 3) 3169. (The Exchange of Notes is omitted from the former source.)
The Security Treaty between the United States and Japan was signed later that same day at the Presidio of San Francisco. Prime Minister Yoshida signed for Japan. The signers for the United States were Messrs. Acheson, Dulles, and Wiley and Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. For text, see 3 UST (part 3) page 3329.
Japan ratified both treaties on November 19, 1951.