a. 依据本条b.款之规定，在第2条所列举区域内，对目前正管理该地区之当局与其居民(包含法人在内) ，就日本与日本国民之财产、请求权与债务之处分，以及该当局对日本与日本国民，就该当局与其居民在日本之财产与包含债务在内之请求权之处分，应依据日本与该当局之特别协议为之。第2条所列举区域内之联盟国与其国民财产且目前尚未归还者，应由管理当局依现状归还(前项所称之国民，在本条约中皆包括法人) 。
b. 日本承认前述第2条与第3条中美国军事政府对日本与日本国民财产处分的有效性。
c. 依据本条约，日本所掌握连结至日本之海底电缆将予以等分。日本拥有者为日本端之设备与该电缆之一半，以及分离领域所余电缆和其端点设备。
第3章安全
第5条 【联合国之集体防卫、自卫权】
a. 日本接受规定于联合国宪章第2条所规定之义务。
1. 以前述和平方式解决国际争端，以免危及国际和平与安全、正义。
2. 在国际关系上，对国家领土完整或政治独立，且符合联合国成立之目的上，谨慎使用威吓或武力。
3. 支援联合国符合宪章之各项行动，且对联合国采取预防或强制行动的国家谨慎提供协助。
b. 联盟国确认与日本之关系，将依据联合国宪章第2条之原则为之。
c. 联盟国承认，身为主权国家之日本，依据联合国宪章第51条之规定，拥有个别或集体自卫权等固有权利，同时日本得自主缔结集体安全协议。
第6条【占领结束】
a. 自本条约生效之后，所有联盟国占领军应尽速自日本撤出，此项撤军不得晚于本条约生效后90日。若日本与联盟国缔结有关外国军队驻扎或保有于日本领土之双边或多边协定者，不受本条规定所限。
b. 依据1945年7月26日波次坦宣言第9条有关日本军队撤退回国之条款，若尚未完成者，得持续执行。
c. 所有被占领军所征用但尚未获得补偿之日本财产，以及本条约生效时占领军所占有之日本财产，非经其他双边协议之安排，应于90日内归还日本政府。
第4 章 政治及经济条款
第7条 【两国间条约之效力】
a. 各联盟国于本条约在个别联盟国与日本生效1年期限内，得通告日本就其战前与日本签定之双边条约或协约是否持续有效或重新生效。前述条约与协约之持续有效或重新生效之修正通知，应基于符合本条约之精神。此条约与协约于通告日本且向联合国秘书处登记3个月起，将视为持续有效或重新生效。所有前述条约或协约，未通告日本者视为无效。
b. 依据本条a.款，在国际关系上拥有通告责任之联盟国，对条约或协约之持续有效或重新有效得有除外条件。此除外条件，在通告日本3个月后终止其适用。
第8条 【承认终战相关条约、放弃定条约之权益】
a. 日本承认联盟国自1939年9月1日起为终止战争状态所定条约之有效性，日本亦承认联盟国为恢复和平之议决。日本亦接受先前之国际联盟与常设国际法院所为终止战争之决议。
b. 日日本放弃做为下述条约签署国所衍生之一切权利与利益，即1919年9月10日之《 St. Germain-en-Laye协约》、 1936年7月20日之《 Montreux海峡协议》，以及1923年7月24日签订于洛桑之《与土耳其和平条约》。
c. 日本放弃下述一切获得且履行义务之权利、名器与利益，即1930年5月17日《德意志与债权国之协议》与附属文件，包括《信托协议》，以及1930年1月20日有关「国际清算银行」，与「国际清算银行规约」。日本将于本约首次生效6个月内，通告巴黎之外交部长有关本款前述所放弃之权利、名器与利益。
b. 除本条约另有规定，联盟国放弃赔偿请求权、联盟国与其国民放弃其他于战争期间被日本及日本国民战争行为之赔偿请求权，以及放弃占领之直接军事费用请求权。
第15 条 【归还联盟国财产】
a. 本条约在日本与各联盟国首次生效日起9个月内申请者，于前述申请日期起6个月内，日本将归还该联盟国与其国民自1941年12月7日起至1945年12月2 日止位于日本之有形与无形财产、任何形式之一切权利或利益，除非其所有权人已在无威胁与无诈欺状况下自由处分上述财产。上述财产于免除战争所课与之负担与费用后应归还原所有权人，此项归还不得收取费用。前项财产由于所有权人或其政府的原因，以致无法于规定期限内申请者，日本政府得处分其财产。若此1941年12月7日在日本之财产已无法归还，或者因战争而受损坏者，将依据日本内阁1951年7月13日所通过之「联盟国财产赔偿法」，给予不低其条件之赔偿。
B. 有关受战争所损害之工业所有权，日本将持续授予联盟国及其国民不低于1949年9月1日生效之「第309号内阁政令」、1950年2月28日生效之「第12号内阁政令」，以及1950年2月1日生效之「第9号内阁政令」，以及其修订政令之利益。但前述国民应于时限内申请。
C.
I. 日本认知：联盟国与其国民于1941年12月6日已在日本出版或未出版之文学与美术财产权自该日起持续有效，且承认上述权利，此项权利不因日本与他国签订之公约或协定，但由于战争之故致使日本或该联盟国因国内法之规定予以废止或停止而无效。
II. 自1941年12月7日起至本条约日本与联盟国个别生效日止，此权利不需经所有权人申请，亦不得因手续而支付任何费用或补偿，但期限之计算应扣除通常期限，同时加算此文学作品翻译为日文版以取得日文翻译权之6个月时间。
第16条 【非联盟国之日本财产】
联盟国军队成员为日本所俘虏而遭致不当待遇且提出赔偿要求者，日本得转移其自身与国民在战争时位于中立国或与联盟国敌对国家之财产为之，或为前述战争俘虏与其家属之利益，得移转前述财产予「国际红十字会」俾其清算与衡平分配予适切之国家当局，但依据本条约第14条(a) 2. (II) ii.至v.所示种类之财产，以及本条约首次生效日起非居住于日本之日本自然人财产为除外。日本财政当局所拥有之国际清算银行19,770股，亦不得适用本条之移转规定。
第17条 【判决再审查】
a. 若联盟国要求，日本政府应基于国际法检视与修正「日本战时掳获物法庭」所为有关该联盟国国民所有权之判决与命令，并应对相关案例提供所有文件之副本，包括判决与命令。若经前述财产检视与修正确认应归还者，应适用第15条之规定处理。
b. 日日本政府应在本条约与个别联盟国首次生效后1年内，采取必要措施以确保该联盟国对日本主管当局提出下述重审要求之权益，即自1941年12月7日起至该生效日止期间，该联盟国国民无法适切陈述之判决，无论该联盟国国民为原告或被告。就该联盟国国民因判决而受损害者，日本政府应回复该员至该判决前之状态，或给予该案公正且衡平有效的补偿。
第18条 【战前债务】
a. 战争状态不得影响战前已存在之债务与契约(包括债券)所衍生之金钱债务。此项金钱债务包括日本政府、日本国民对个别联盟国之债务，或各联盟国、联盟国国民对日本政府日本国民之债务。战争状态不得影响下列义务，包括财产损失或损害之请求权，或个人因战争致身体受伤、死亡之请求权，或因各联盟国政府对日本政府、日本政府对各联盟国提出或再提出之请求权。前项规定不得损及第14条所赋予之权利。
b. 日本确认对战前之国家涉外债务，以及日本做此宣示后团体之涉外债务责任。同时，确认与债权人就债务之支付进行协商、鼓励其他战前请求权与义务之协商、促进此金额之移转支付。
第19条【放弃战争请求权】
a. 日本与日本国民放弃针对联盟国与联盟国国民，就战争或与战争状态持续相关之所有请求权，同时放弃就本条约生效前联盟国军队与当局于日本领土之存在、职务行为或行动之请求权。
b. 前项之放弃包括自1939年9月1日起至本条约生效日止，与日本船舶有关之联盟国行为，亦包括战时被联盟国所掳获之日本战俘与平民拘留者之请求权与债务，但不包括各联盟国自1945年9月2日后制订法律中所特别承认之日本人之请求权。
c. 以互惠放弃为条件，日本政府亦放弃所有就德国与德国国民因代表日本政府或日本国民之所为行为之请求权(包括债务) ，包括政府间请求权，以及战争中承受之损失与损害，但不包括1939年9月1日以前所签署之契约与其取得之权利，亦不包括1945年9月2日后日本与德国因通商与金融关系所生之请求权。前项放弃不得抵触本条约第16条与第20条之规定。
d. 日本承认占领期间占领当局或当时日本法律授权之所有做为与不做为措施之法律效力，同时日本将不追究联盟国国民因此项做为与不做为措施所衍生之民事或刑事责任。
a. 本条约之签署国，包括日本在内，应经国会批准。本条约自日本之批准文书、以及包含做为主要占领国的美利坚合众国之下述多数批准国送达之后，将对所有批准国家生效，包括澳洲、加拿大、锡兰、法国、印尼、荷兰王国、纽西兰、巴基斯坦、菲律宾共和国、大不列颠王国与北爱尔兰，以及美利坚合众国。本条约应自个别国家之批准书送达后，对该批准国家个别生效。
b. 若本条约在日本批准文书送达后九个月内未生效，在任一批准国之正式通告日本政府与美国政府后，本条约在日本与该批准国间径自生效。但此正式通告应于日本之批准书送达后三年内为之。
W HEREAS the Allied Powers and Japan are resolved that henceforth their relations shall be those of nations which, as sovereign equals, cooperate in friendly association to promote their common welfare and to maintain international peace and security, and are therefore desirous of concluding a Treaty of Peace which will settle questions still outstanding as a result of the existence of a state of war between them；
W HEREAS Japan for its part declares its intention to apply for membership in the United Nations and in all circumstances to conform to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations；to strive to realize the objectives of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights；to seek to create within Japan conditions of stability and well-being as defined in Articles 55 and 56 of the Charter of the United Nations and already initiated by post-surrender Japanese legislation； and in public and private trade and commerce to conform to internationally accepted fair practices；
W HEREAS the Allied Powers welcome the intentions of Japan set out in the foregoing paragraph；
T HE A LLIED P OWERS AND J APAN have therefore determined to conclude the present Treaty of Peace, and have accordingly appointed the undersigned Plenipotentiaries, who, after presentation of their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed on the following provisions：
CHAPTER I PEACE
Article 1
a. The state of war between Japan and each of the Allied Powers is terminated as from the date on which the present Treaty comes into force between Japan and the Allied Power concerned as provided for in Article 23.
b. The Allied Powers recognize the full sovereignty of the Japanese people over Japan and its territorial waters.
CHAPTER II TERRITORY
Article 2
a. Japan recognizing the independence of Korea, renounces all right, title and claim to Korea, including the islands of Quelpart, Port Hamilton and Dagelet.
b. Japan renounces all right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores.
c. Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kurile Islands, and to that portion of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth of 5 September 1905.
d. Japan renounces all right, title and claim in connection with the League of Nations Mandate System, and accepts the action of the United Nations Security Council of 2 April 1947, extending the trusteeship system to the Pacific Islands formerly under mandate to Japan.
e. Japan renounces all claim to any right or title to or interest in connection with any part of the Antarctic area, whether deriving from the activities of Japanese nationals or otherwise.
f. Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Spratly Islands and to the Paracel Islands.
Article 3
Japan will concur in any proposal of the United States to the United Nations to place under its trusteeship system, with the United States as the sole administering authority, Nansei Shoto south of 29deg. north latitude (including the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands), Nanpo Shoto south of Sofu Gan (including the Bonin Islands, Rosario Island and the Volcano Islands) and Parece Vela and Marcus Island. Pending the making of such a proposal and affirmative action thereon, the United States will have the right to exercise all and any powers of administration, legislation and jurisdiction over the territory and inhabitants of these islands, including their territorial waters.
Article 4
a. Subject to the provisions of paragraph b. of this Article, the disposition of property of Japan and of its nationals in the areas referred to in Article 2, and their claims, including debts, against the authorities presently administering such areas and the residents (including juridical persons) thereof, and the disposition in Japan of property of such authorities and residents, and of claims, including debts, of such authorities and residents against Japan and its nationals, shall be the subject of special arrangements between Japan and such authorities. The property of any of the Allied Powers or its nationals in the areas referred to in Article 2 shall, insofar as this has not already been done, be returned by the administering authority in the condition in which it now exists. (The term nationals whenever used in the present Treaty includes juridical persons.)
b. Japan recognizes the validity of dispositions of property of Japan and Japanese nationals made by or pursuant to directives of the United States Military Government in any of the areas referred to in Articles 2 and 3。
c. Japanese owned submarine cables connection Japan with territory removed from Japanese control pursuant to the present Treaty shall be equally divided, Japan retaining the Japanese terminal and adjoining half of the cable, and the detached territory the remainder of the cable and connecting terminal facilities.
CHAPTER III SECURITY
Article 5
a. Japan accepts the obligations set forth in Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations , and in particular the obligations
i. to settle its international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered；
ii. to refrain in its international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations；
iii. to give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the Charter and to refrain from giving assistance to any State against which the United Nations may take preventive or enforcement action.
b. The Allied Powers confirm that they will be guided by the principles of Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations in their relations with Japan.
c. The Allied Powers for their part recognize that Japan as a sovereign nation possesses the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense referred to in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and that Japan may voluntarily enter into collective security arrangements.
Article 6
a. All occupation forces of the Allied Powers shall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as possible after the coming into force of the present Treaty, and in any case not later than 90 days thereafter. Nothing in this provision shall, however, prevent the stationing or retention of foreign armed forces in Japanese territory under or in consequence of any bilateral or multilateral agreements which have been or may be made between one or more of the Allied Powers, on the one hand, and Japan on the other.
b. The provisions of Article 9 of the Potsdam Proclamation of 26 July 1945, dealing with the return of Japanese military forces to their homes, to the extent not already completed, will be carried out.
c. All Japanese property for which compensation has not already been paid, which was supplied for the use of the occupation forces and which remains in the possession of those forces at the time of the coming into force of the present Treaty, shall be returned to the Japanese Government within the same 90 days unless other arrangements are made by mutual agreement.
CHAPTER IV POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CLAUSES
Article 7
a. Each of the Allied Powers, within one year after the present Treaty has come into force between it and Japan, will notify Japan which of its prewar bilateral treaties or conventions with Japan it wishes to continue in force or revive, and any treaties or conventions so notified shall continue in force or by revived subject only to such amendments as may be necessary to ensure conformity with the present Treaty. The treaties and conventions so notified shall be considered as having been continued in force or revived three months after the date of notification and shall be registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations. All such treaties and conventions as to which Japan is not so notified shall be regarded as abrogated.
b. Any notification made under paragraph a. of this Article may except from the operation or revival of a treaty or convention any territory for the international relations of which the notifying Power is responsible, until three months after the date on which notice is given to Japan that such exception shall cease to apply。
Article 8
a. Japan will recognize the full force of all treaties now or hereafter concluded by the Allied Powers for terminating the state of war initiated on 1 September 1939, as well as any other arrangements by the Allied Powers for or in connection with the restoration of peace. Japan also accepts the arrangements made for terminating the former League of Nations and Permanent Court of International Justice.
b. Japan renounces all such rights and interests as it may derive from being a signatory power of the Conventions of St. Germain-en-Laye of 10 September 1919, and the Straits Agreement of Montreux of 20 July 1936, and from Article 16 of the Treaty of Peace with Turkey signed at Lausanne on 24 July 1923.
c. Japan renounces all rights, title and interests acquired under, and is discharged from all obligations resulting from, the Agreement between Germany and the Creditor Powers of 20 January 1930 and its Annexes, including the Trust Agreement, dated 17 May 1930, the Convention of 20 January 1930, respecting the Bank for International Settlements; and the Statutes of the Bank for International Settlements. Japan will notify to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris within six months of the first coming into force of the present Treaty its renunciation of the rights, title and interests referred to in this paragraph.
Article 9
Japan will enter promptly into negotiations with the Allied Powers so desiring for the conclusion of bilateral and multilateral agreements providing for the regulation or limitation of fishing and the conservation and development of fisheries on the high seas.
Article 10
Japan renounces all special rights and interests in China, including all benefits and privileges resulting from the provisions of the final Protocol signed at Peking on 7 September 1901, and all annexes, notes and documents supplementary thereto, and agrees to the abrogation in respect to Japan of the said protocol, annexes, notes and documents.
Article 11
Japan accepts the judgments of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and of other Allied War Crimes Courts both within and outside Japan, and will carry out the sentences imposed thereby upon Japanese nationals imprisoned in Japan. The power to grant clemency, to reduce sentences and to parole with respect to such prisoners may not be exercised except on the decision of the Government or Governments which imposed the sentence in each instance, and on recommendation of Japan. In the case of persons sentenced by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, such power may not be exercised except on the decision of a majority of the Governments represented on the Tribunal, and on the recommendation of Japan.
Article 12
a. Japan declares its readiness promptly to enter into negotiations for the conclusion with each of the Allied Powers of treaties or agreements to place their trading, maritime and other commercial relations on a stable and friendly basis.
b. Pending the conclusion of the relevant treaty or agreement, Japan will, during a period of four years from the first coming into force of the present Treaty
1. accord to each of the Allied Powers, its nationals, products and vessels
(1). most-favoured-nation treatment with respect to customs duties, charges, restrictions and other regulations on or in connection with the importation and exportation of goods；
(2). national treatment with respect to shipping, navigation and imported goods, and with respect to natural and juridical persons and their interests - such treatment to include all matters pertaining to the levying and collection of taxes, access to the courts, the making and performance of contracts, rights to property (tangible and intangible), participating in juridical entities constituted under Japanese law, and generally the conduct of all kinds of business and professional activities；
2. ensure that external purchases and sales of Japanese state trading enterprises shall be based solely on commercial considerations.
c. In respect to any matter, however, Japan shall be obliged to accord to an Allied Power national treatment, or most-favored-nation treatment, only to the extent that the Allied Power concerned accords Japan national treatment or most-favored-nation treatment, as the case may be, in respect of the same matter. The reciprocity envisaged in the foregoing sentence shall be determined, in the case of products, vessels and juridical entities of, and persons domiciled in, any non-metropolitan territory of an Allied Power, and in the case of juridical entities of, and persons domiciled in, any state or province of an Allied Power having a federal government, by reference to the treatment accorded to Japan in such territory, state or province.
d. In the application of this Article, a discriminatory measure shall not be considered to derogate from the grant of national or most-favored-nation treatment, as the case may be, if such measure is based on an exception customarily provided for in the commercial treaties of the party applying it, or on the need to safeguard that party's external financial position or balance of payments (except in respect to shiping and navigation), or on the need to maintain its essential security interests, and provided such measure is proportionate to the circumstances and not applied in an arbitrary or unreasonable manner.
e. Japan's obligations under this Article shall not be affected by the exercise of any Allied rights under Article 14 of the present Treaty; nor shall the provisions of this Article be understood as limiting the undertakings assumed by Japan by virtue of Article 15 of the Treaty.
Article 13
a. Japan will enter into negotiations with any of the Allied Powers, promptly upon the request of such Power or Powers, for the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral agreements relating to international civil air transport.
b. Pending the conclusion of such agreement or agreements, Japan will, during a period of four years from the first coming into force of the present Treaty, extend to such Power treatment not less favorable with respect to air-traffic rights and privileges than those exercised by any such Powers at the date of such coming into force, and will accord complete equality of opportunity in respect to the operation and development of air services.
c. Pending its becoming a party to the Convention on International Civil Aviation in accordance with Article 93 thereof, Japan will give effect to the provisions of that Convention applicable to the international navigation of aircraft, and will give effect to the standards, practices and procedures adopted as annexes to the Convention in accordance with the terms of the Convention.
CHAPTER V CLAIMS AND PROPERTY
Article 14
a.It is recognized that Japan should pay reparations to the Allied Powers for the damage and suffering caused by it during the war. Nevertheless it is also recognized that the resources of Japan are not presently sufficient, if it is to maintain a viable economy, to make complete reparation for all such damage and suffering and at the same time meet its other obligations.
Therefore,
1. Japan will promptly enter into negotiations with Allied Powers so desiring, whose present territories were occupied by Japanese forces and damaged by Japan, with a view to assisting to compensate those countries for the cost of repairing the damage done, by making available the services of the Japanese people in production, salvaging and other work for the Allied Powers in question. Such arrangements shall avoid the imposition of additional liabilities on other Allied Powers, and, where the manufacturing of raw materials is called for, they shall be supplied by the Allied Powers in question, so as not to throw any foreign exchange burden upon Japan.
2(I). Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (II) below, each of the Allied Powers shall have the right to seize, retain, liquidate or otherwise dispose of all property, rights and interests of
(a) Japan and Japanese nationals,
(b) persons acting for or on behalf of Japan or Japanese nationals, and
(c) entities owned or controlled by Japan or Japanese nationals,
which on the first coming into force of the present Treaty were subject to its jurisdiction. The property, rights and interests specified in this subparagraph shall include those now blocked, vested or in the possession or under the control of enemy property authorities of Allied Powers, which belong to, or were held or managed on behalf of, any of the persons or entities mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above at the time such assets came under the controls of such authorities.
(II) The following shall be excepted from the right specified in subparagraph above:
i. property of Japanese natural persons who during the war resided with the permission of the Government concerned in the territory of one of the Allied Powers, other than territory occupied by Japan, except property subjected to restrictions during the war and not released from such restrictions as of the date of the first coming into force of the present Treaty；
ii. all real property, furniture and fixtures owned by the Government of Japan and used for diplomatic or consular purposes, and all personal furniture and furnishings and other private property not of an investment nature which was normally necessary for the carrying out of diplomatic and consular functions, owned by Japanese diplomatic and consular personnel；
iii. property belonging to religious bodies or private charitable institutions and used exclusively for religious or charitable purposes；
iv. property, rights and interests which have come within its jurisdiction in consequence of the resumption of trade and financial relations subsequent to 2 September 1945, between the country concerned and Japan, except such as have resulted from transactions contrary to the laws of the Allied Power concerned；
v. obligations of Japan or Japanese nationals, any right, title or interest in tangible property located in Japan, interests in enterprises organized under the laws of Japan, or any paper evidence thereof; provided that this exception shall only apply to obligations of Japan and its nationals expressed in Japanese currency.
(III) Property referred to in exceptions i. through v. above shall be returned subject to reasonable expenses for its preservation and administration. If any such property has been liquidated the proceeds shall be returned instead.
(IV) The right to seize, retain, liquidate or otherwise dispose of property as provided in subparagraph (I) above shall be exercised in accordance with the laws of the Allied Power concerned, and the owner shall have only such rights as may be given him by those laws.
(V) The Allied Powers agree to deal with Japanese trademarks and literary and artistic property rights on a basis as favorable to Japan as circumstances ruling in each country will permit.
b. Except as otherwise provided in the present Treaty, the Allied Powers waive all reparations claims of the Allied Powers, other claims of the Allied Powers and their nationals arising out of any actions taken by Japan and its nationals in the course of the prosecution of the war, and claims of the Allied Powers for direct military costs of occupation.
Article 15
a. Upon application made within nine months of the coming into force of the present Treaty between Japan and the Allied Power concerned, Japan will, within six months of the date of such application, return the property, tangible and intangible, and all rights or interests of any kind in Japan of each Allied Power and its nationals which was within Japan at any time between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945, unless the owner has freely disposed thereof without duress or fraud. Such property shall be returned free of all encumbrances and charges to which it may have become subject because of the war, and without any charges for its return. Property whose return is not applied for by or on behalf of the owner or by his Government within the prescribed period may be disposed of by the Japanese Government as it may determine. In cases where such property was within Japan on 7 December 1941, and cannot be returned or has suffered injury or damage as a result of the war, compensation will be made on terms not less favorable than the terms provided in the draft Allied Powers Property Compensation Law approved by the Japanese Cabinet on 13 July 1951.
b. With respect to industrial property rights impaired during the war, Japan will continue to accord to the Allied Powers and their nationals benefits no less than those heretofore accorded by Cabinet Orders No. 309 effective 1 September 1949, No. 12 effective 28 January 1950, and No. 9 effective 1 February 1950, all as now amended, provided such nationals have applied for such benefits within the time limits prescribed therein.
C.
I. Japan acknowledges that the literary and artistic property rights which existed in Japan on 6 December 1941, in respect to the published and unpublished works of the Allied Powers and their nationals have continued in force since that date, and recognizes those rights which have arisen, or but for the war would have arisen, in Japan since that date, by the operation of any conventions and agreements to which Japan was a party on that date, irrespective of whether or not such conventions or agreements were abrogated or suspended upon or since the outbreak of war by the domestic law of Japan or of the Allied Power concerned.
II. Without the need for application by the proprietor of the right and without the payment of any fee or compliance with any other formality, the period from 7 December 1941 until the coming into force of the present Treaty between Japan and the Allied Power concerned shall be excluded from the running of the normal term of such rights; and such period, with an additional period of six months, shall be excluded from the time within which a literary work must be translated into Japanese in order to obtain translating rights in Japan.
Article 16
As an expression of its desire to indemnify those members of the armed forces of the Allied Powers who suffered undue hardships while prisoners of war of Japan, Japan will transfer its assets and those of its nationals in countries which were neutral during the war, or which were at war with any of the Allied Powers, or, at its option, the equivalent of such assets, to the International Committee of the Red Cross which shall liquidate such assets and distribute the resultant fund to appropriate national agencies, for the benefit of former prisoners of war and their families on such basis as it may determine to be equitable. The categories of assets described in Article 14 (a) 2. (II) ii. through v. of the present Treaty shall be excepted from transfer, as well as assets of Japanese natural persons not residents of Japan on the first coming into force of the Treaty. It is equally understood that the transfer provision of this Article has no application to the 19,770 shares in the Bank for International Settlements presently owned by Japanese financial institutions.
Article 17
a. Upon the request of any of the Allied Powers, the Japanese Government shall review and revise in conformity with international law any decision or order of the Japanese Prize Courts in cases involving ownership rights of nationals of that Allied Power and shall supply copies of all documents comprising the records of these cases, including the decisions taken and orders issued. In any case in which such review or revision shows that restoration is due, the provisions of Article 15 shall apply to the property concerned.
b. The Japanese Government shall take the necessary measures to enable nationals of any of the Allied Powers at any time within one year from the coming into force of the present Treaty between Japan and the Allied Power concerned to submit to the appropriate Japanese authorities for review any judgment given by a Japanese court between 7 December 1941 and such coming into force, in any proceedings in which any such national was unable to make adequate presentation of his case either as plaintiff or defendant. The Japanese Government shall provide that, where the national has suffered injury by reason of any such judgment, he shall be restored in the position in which he was before the judgment was given or shall be afforded such relief as may be just and equitable in the circumstances.
Article 18
a. It is recognized that the intervention of the state of war has not affected the obligation to pay pecuniary debts arising out of obligations and contracts (including those in respect of bonds) which existed and rights which were acquired before the existence of a state of war, and which are due by the Government or nationals of Japan to the Government or nationals of one of the Allied Powers, or are due by the Government or nationals of one of the Allied Powers to the Government or nationals of Japan. The intervention of a state of war shall equally not be regarded as affecting the obligation to consider on their merits claims for loss or damage to property or for personal injury or death which arose before the existence of a state of war, and which may be presented or re-presented by the Government of one of the Allied Powers to the Government of Japan, or by the Government of Japan to any of the Governments of the Allied Powers. The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the rights conferred by Article 14.
b. Japan affirms its liability for the prewar external debt of the Japanese State and for debts of corporate bodies subsequently declared to be liabilities of the Japanese State, and expresses its intention to enter into negotiations at an early date with its creditors with respect to the resumption of payments on those debts; to encourage negotiations in respect to other prewar claims and obligations; and to facilitate the transfer of sums accordingly.
Article 19
a. Japan waives all claims of Japan and its nationals against the Allied Powers and their nationals arising out of the war or out of actions taken because of the existence of a state of war, and waives all claims arising from the presence, operations or actions of forces or authorities of any of the Allied Powers in Japanese territory prior to the coming into force of the present Treaty.
b. The foregoing waiver includes any claims arising out of actions taken by any of the Allied Powers with respect to Japanese ships between 1 September 1939 and the coming into force of the present Treaty, as well as any claims and debts arising in respect to Japanese prisoners of war and civilian internees in the hands of the Allied Powers, but does not include Japanese claims specifically recognized in the laws of any Allied Power enacted since 2 September 1945.
c. Subject to reciprocal renunciation, the Japanese Government also renounces all claims (including debts) against Germany and German nationals on behalf of the Japanese Government and Japanese nationals, including intergovernmental claims and claims for loss or damage sustained during the war, but excepting (a) claims in respect of contracts entered into and rights acquired before 1 September 1939, and (b) claims arising out of trade and financial relations between Japan and Germany after 2 September 1945. Such renunciation shall not prejudice actions taken in accordance with Articles 16 and 20 of the present Treaty.
d. Japan recognizes the validity of all acts and omissions done during the period of occupation under or in consequence of directives of the occupation authorities or authorized by Japanese law at that time, and will take no action subjecting Allied nationals to civil or criminal liability arising out of such acts or omissions.
Article 20
Japan will take all necessary measures to ensure such disposition of German assets in Japan as has been or may be determined by those powers entitled under the Protocol of the proceedings of the Berlin Conference of 1945 to dispose of those assets, and pending the final disposition of such assets will be responsible for the conservation and administration thereof.
Article 21
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 25 of the present Treaty, China shall be entitled to the benefits of Articles 10 and 14 a. 2.； and Korea to the benefits of Articles 2, 4, 9 and 12 of the present Treaty.
CHAPTER VI SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
Article 22
If in the opinion of any Party to the present Treaty there has arisen a dispute concerning the interpretation or execution of the Treaty, which is not settled by reference to a special claims tribunal or by other agreed means, the dispute shall, at the request of any party thereto, be referred for decision to the International Court of Justice. Japan and those Allied Powers which are not already parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice will deposit with the Registrar of the Court, at the time of their respective ratifications of the present Treaty, and in conformity with the resolution of the United Nations Security Council, dated 15 October 1946, a general declaration accepting the jurisdiction, without special agreement, of the Court generally in respect to all disputes of the character referred to in this Article.
CHAPTER VII FINAL CLAUSES
Article 23
a. The present Treaty shall be ratified by the States which sign it, including Japan, and will come into force for all the States which have then ratified it, when instruments of ratification have been deposited by Japan and by a majority, including the United States of America as the principal occupying Power, of the following States, namely Australia, Canada, Ceylon, France, Indonesia, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Republic of the Philippines, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. The present Treaty shall come into force of each State which subsequently ratifies it, on the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification.
b. If the Treaty has not come into force within nine months after the date of the deposit of Japan's ratification, any State which has ratified it may bring the Treaty into force between itself and Japan by a notification to that effect given to the Governments of Japan and the United States of America not later than three years after the date of deposit of Japan's ratification.
Article 24
All instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America which will notify all the signatory States of each such deposit, of the date of the coming into force of the Treaty under paragraph a. of Article 23, and of any notifications made under paragraph b. of Article 23.
Article 25
For the purposes of the present Treaty the Allied Powers shall be the States at war with Japan, or any State which previously formed a part of the territory of a State named in Article 23, provided that in each case the State concerned has signed and ratified the Treaty. Subject to the provisions of Article 21, the present Treaty shall not confer any rights, titles or benefits on any State which is not an Allied Power as herein defined; nor shall any right, title or interest of Japan be deemed to be diminished or prejudiced by any provision of the Treaty in favour of a State which is not an Allied Power as so defined.
Article 26
Japan will be prepared to conclude with any State which signed or adhered to the United Nations Declaration of 1 January 1942, and which is at war with Japan, or with any State which previously formed a part of the territory of a State named in Article 23, which is not a signatory of the present Treaty, a bilateral Treaty of Peace on the same or substantially the same terms as are provided for in the present Treaty, but this obligation on the part of Japan will expire three years after the first coming into force of the present Treaty. Should Japan make a peace settlement or war claims settlement with any State granting that State greater advantages than those provided by the present Treaty, those same advantages shall be extended to the parties to the present Treaty.
Article 27
The present Treaty shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America which shall furnish each signatory State with a certified copy thereof. IN FAITH WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty.
签署：( 全权委员署名省略)
DONE at the city of San Francisco this eighth day of September 1951, in the English, French, and Spanish languages, all being equally authentic, and in the Japanese language.
议定书( 略)
批准国：
For Argentina: Hipólito J. PAZ For Argentina: Hipólito J. PAZ
For Australia: Percy C. SPENDER For Australia: Percy C. SPENDER
For Belgium: Paul VAN ZEELAND SILVERCRUYS For Belgium: Paul VAN ZEELAND SILVERCRUYS
For Bolivia: Luis GUACHALLA For Bolivia: Luis GUACHALLA
For Brazil: Carlos MARTINS, A. DE MELLO-FRANCO For Brazil: Carlos MARTINS, A. DE MELLO-FRANCO
For Cambodia: PHLENG For Cambodia: PHLENG
For Canada: Lester B. PEARSON, RW MAYHEW For Canada: Lester B. PEARSON, RW MAYHEW
For Ceylon: JR JAYEWARDENE, GCS COREA, RG SENANAYAKE For Ceylon: JR JAYEWARDENE, GCS COREA, RG SENANAYAKE
For Chile: F. NIETO DEL RÍO For Chile: F. NIETO DEL RÍO
For Colombia: Cipríano RESTREPO JARAMILLO, Sebastián OSPINA For Colombia: Cipríano RESTREPO JARAMILLO, Sebastián OSPINA
For Costa Rica: J. Rafael OREAMUNO, V. VARGAS, Luis DOBLES SÁNCHEZ For Costa Rica: J. Rafael OREAMUNO, V. VARGAS, Luis DOBLES SÁNCHEZ
For Cuba: O. GANS, L. MACHADO, Joaquín MEYER For Cuba: O. GANS, L. MACHADO, Joaquín MEYER
For the Dominican Republic: V. ORDÓÑEZ, Luis F. THOMEN For the Dominican Republic: V. ORDÓÑEZ, Luis F. THOMEN
For Ecuador: A. QUEVEDO, RG VALENZUELA For Ecuador: A. QUEVEDO, RG VALENZUELA
For Egypt: Kamil A. RAHIM For Egypt: Kamil A. RAHIM
For El Salvador: Héctor DAVID CASTRO, Luis RIVAS PALACIOS For El Salvador: Héctor DAVID CASTRO, Luis RIVAS PALACIOS
For Ethiopia: Men YAYEJIJRAD For Ethiopia: Men YAYEJIJRAD
For France: SCHUMANN, H. BONNET, Paul-Émile NAGGIAR For France: SCHUMANN, H. BONNET, Paul-Émile NAGGIAR
For Greece: AG POLITIS For Greece: AG POLITIS
For Guatemala: E. CASTILLO A., AM ORELLANA, J. MENDOZA For Guatemala: E. CASTILLO A., AM ORELLANA, J. MENDOZA
For Haiti: Jacques N. LÉGER, Gust. LARAQUE For Haiti: Jacques N. LÉGER, Gust. LARAQUE
For Honduras: JE VALENZUELA, Roberto GÁLVEZ B., Raúl ALVARADO T. For Honduras: JE VALENZUELA, Roberto GÁLVEZ B., Raúl ALVARADO T.
For Indonesia: Ahmad SUBARDJO For Indonesia: Ahmad SUBARDJO
For Iran: AG ARDALAN For Iran: AG ARDALAN
For Iraq: AI BAKR For Iraq: AI BAKR
For Laos: SAVANG For Laos: SAVANG
For Lebanon: Charles MALIK For Lebanon: Charles MALIK
For Liberia: Gabriel L. DENNIS, James ANDERSON, Raymond HORACE, J. Rudolf GRIMES
For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: Hugues LE GALLAIS For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: Hugues LE GALLAIS
For Mexico: Rafael DE LA COLINA, Gustavo DÍAZ ORDAZ, AP GASGA For Mexico: Rafael DE LA COLINA, Gustavo DÍAZ ORDAZ, AP GASGA
For the Netherlands: DU STIKKER, JH VAN ROIJEN For the Netherlands: DU STIKKER, JH VAN ROIJEN
For New Zealand: C. BERENDSEN For New Zealand: C. BERENDSEN
For Nicaragua: G. SEVILLA SACASA, Gustavo MANZANARES For Nicaragua: G. SEVILLA SACASA, Gustavo MANZANARES
For Norway: Wilhelm Munthe MORGENSTERNE For Norway: Wilhelm Munthe MORGENSTERNE
For Pakistan: ZAFRULLAH KHAN For Pakistan: ZAFRULLAH KHAN
For Panama: Ignacio MOLINO, José A. REMON, Alfredo ALEMÁN, J. CORDOVEZ For Panama: Ignacio MOLINO, José A. REMON, Alfredo ALEMÁN, J. CORDOVEZ
For Peru: Luis Oscar BOETTNER For Peru: Luis Oscar BOETTNER
For the Republic of the Philippines: Carlos P. RÓMULO, JM ELIZALDE, Vicente FRANCISCO, Diosdado MACAPAGAL, Emiliano T. TIRONA, VG SINCO For the Republic of the Philippines: Carlos P. RÓMULO, JM ELIZALDE, Vicente FRANCISCO, Diosdado MACAPAGAL, Emiliano T. TIRONA, VG SINCO
For Saudi Arabia: Asad AL-FAQIH For Saudi Arabia: Asad AL-FAQIH
For Syria: F. EL-HOURI For Syria: F. EL-HOURI
For Turkey: Feridun C. ERKIN For Turkey: Feridun C. ERKIN
For the Union of South Africa: GP JOOSTE For the Union of South Africa: GP JOOSTE
For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Herbert MORRISON, Kenneth YOUNGER, Oliver FRANKS For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Herbert MORRISON, Kenneth YOUNGER, Oliver FRANKS
For the United States of America: Dean ACHESON, John Foster DULLES, Alexander WILEY, John J. SPARKMAN For the United States of America: Dean ACHESON, John Foster DULLES, Alexander WILEY, John J. SPARKMAN
For Uruguay: José A. MORA For Uruguay: José A. MORA
For Venezuela: Antonio M. RAUJO, R. GALLEGOS M. For Venezuela: Antonio M. RAUJO, R. GALLEGOS M.
For Viet-Nam: TV HUU, T. VINH, D. THANH, BUU KINH For Viet-Nam: TV HUU, T. VINH, D. THANH, BUU KINH
a. この条のb.の規定を留保して、日本国及びその国民の財産で第二条に掲げる地域にあるもの並びに日本国及びその国民の請求権(債権を含む。)で現にこれらの地域の施政を行つている当局及びそこの住民(法人を含む。)に対するものの処理並びに日本国におけるこれらの当局及び住民の財産日本国及びその国民に対するこれらの当局及び住民の請求権(債権を含む。) の処理は、日本国とこれらの当局との間の特別取極の主題とする。第二条に掲げる地域にある連合国又はその国民の財産は、まだ返還されていない限り、施政を行つている当局が現状で返還しなければならない。(国民という語は、この条約で用いるときはいつでも、法人を含む。)
b. 日本国は、第二条及び第三条に掲げる地域のいずれかにある合衆国軍政府により、又はその司令に従つて行われた日本国及びその国民の財産の処理の効力を承認する。
c. 日本国とこの条約に従つて日本国の支配から除かれる領域とを結ぶ日本所有の海底電線は、二等分され、日本国は、日本の終点施設及びこれに連なる電線の半分を保有し、分離される領域は、残りの電線及びその終点施設を保有する。
c. 連合国としては、日本国が主権国として国際連合憲章第五十一条に掲げる個別的又は集団的自衛の固有の権利を有すること及び日本国が集団的安全保障取極を自発的に締結することができることを承認する。
第六条【占領の終了】
a. 連合国のすべての占領軍は、この条約の効力発生の後なるべくすみやかに、且つ、いかなる場合にもその後九十日以内に、日本国から撤退しなければならない。但し、この規定は、一または二以上の連合国を一方とし、日本国を他方として双方の間に締結された若しくは締結される二国間若しくは多数国間の協定に基づく、又はその結果としての外国軍隊の日本国の領域における駐とん( 「とん」に傍点)または駐留を妨げるものではない。
b. 日本国軍隊の各自の家庭への復帰に関する一九四五年七月二十六日のポツダム宣言の第九項の規定は、まだその実施が完了されていない限り、実行されるものとする。
c. まだ対価が支払われていないすべての日本財産で、占領軍の使用に供され、且つ、この条約の効力発生のときに占領軍が占有しているものは、相互の合意によつて別段の取極が行われない限り、前記の九十日以内に日本国政府に返還しなければならない。
第四章政治及び経済条項
第七条【二国間条約の効力】
a. 各連合国は、自国と日本国との間にこの条約が効力を生じた後一年以内に、日本国と戦前のいずれかの二国間の条約又は協約を引き続いて有効とし又は復活させることを希望するかを日本国に通告するものとする。こうして通告された条約又は協約は、この条約に適合することを確保するための必要な修正を受けるだけで、引き続いて有効とされ、又は復活される。こうして通告された条約又は協約は、通告の日の後三箇月で引き続いて有効なものとみなされ、又は復活され、且つ、国際連合事務局に登録されなければならない。日本国にこうして通告されないすべての条約又は協約は、廃棄されたものとみなす。
b. この条のa.に基いて行う通告においては、条約又は協約の実施又は復活に関し、国際関係について通告国が責任をもつ地域を除外することができる。この除外は、除外の適用を禁止することが日本国に通告される日の三箇月後まで行われるものとする。
第八条【終戦関係条約の承認、特定条約上の権益の放棄】
a. 日本国は、連合国が千九百三十九年九月一日に開始された戦争状態を終了するために現に締結し又は今後締結するすべての条約及び連合国が平和の回復のため又はこれに関連して行う他の取極の完全な効力を承認する。日本国は、また、従前の国際連盟及び常設国際司法裁判所を終止するために行われた取極を受諾する。
c. もつとも、いずれの事項に関しても、日本国は、連合国が当該事項についてそれぞれ内国民待遇又は最恵国待遇を日本に与える限度においてのみ、当該連合国に内国民待遇又は最恵国待遇を与える義務を負うものとする。前段に定める相互主義は、連合国の非本土地域の産品、船舶、法人及びそこに住所を有する人の場合並びに連邦政府をもつ連合国の邦又は州の法人及びそこに住所を有する人の場合には、その地域、邦又は州において日本国に与えられる待遇に照らして決定される。
d. この条の適用上、差別的措置であつて、それを適用する当事国の通商条約に通常規定されている例外に基くもの、その当事国の対外的財政状態若しくは国際収支を保護する必要に基くもの(海運及び航海に関するものを除く。)又は重大な安全上の利益を維持する必要に基くものは、事態に相応しており、且つ、ほしいままな又は不合理な方法で適用されない限り、それぞれ内国民待遇又は最恵国待遇の許与を害するものと認めてはならない。
e. この条に基く日本国の義務は、この条約の第十四条に基く連合国の権利の行使によつて影響されるものではない。また、この条の規定は、この条約の第十五条によつて日本国が引き受ける約束を制限するものと了解してはならない。
第十三条【国際民間航空】
a. 日本国は、国際民間航空運送に関する二国間または多数国間の協定を締結するため、一又は二以上の連合国の要請があつたときはすみやかに、当該連合国と交渉を開始するものとする。
b. 一又は二以上の前記の協定が締結されるまで、日本国は、この条約の最初の効力発生のときから四年間、この効力発生の日にいずれかの連合国が行使しているところよりも不利でない航空交通の権利及び特権に関する待遇を当該連合国に与え、且つ、航空業務の運営及び発達に関する完全な機会均等を与えるものとする。
c. 日本国は、国際民間航空条約第九十三条に従つて同条約の当事国となるまで、航空機の国際航空に適用すべきこの条約の規定を実施し、且つ、同条約の条項に従つて同条約の附属書として採択された標準、方式及び手続を実施するものとする。
第五章 請求権及び財産
第十四条【賠償、在外財産】
a. 日本国は、戦争中に生じさせた損害及び苦痛に対して、連合国に賠償を支払うべきことが承認される。しかし、また、存立可能な経済を維持すべきものとすれば、日本国の資源は、日本国がすべての前記の損害及び苦痛に対して完全な賠償を行い且つ同時に他の債務を履行するためには現在充分でないことが承認される。
b. この条約に別段の定がある場合を除き、連合国は、連合国のすべての賠償請求権、戦争の遂行中に日本国及びその国民がとつた行動から生じた連合国及びその国民の他の請求権並びに占領の直接軍事費に関する連合国の請求権を放棄する。
第十五条【連合国財産の返還】
a. この条約が日本国と当該連合国との間に効力を生じた後九箇月以内に申請があつたときは、日本国は、申請の日から六箇月以内に、日本国にある各連合国及びその国民の有体財産及び無体財産並びに種類のいかんを問わずすべての権利又は利益で、千九百四十一年十二月七日から千九百四十五年九月二日までの間のいずれかのときに日本国内にあつたものを返還する。但し、所有者が強迫又は詐欺によることなく自由にこれらを処分した場合は、この限りでない。この財産は、戦争があつたために課せられたすべての負担及び課金を免除して、その返還のための課金を課さずに返還しなければならない。所有者により若しくは所有者のために又は所有者の政府により所定の期間内に返還が申請されない財産は、日本国政府がその定めるところに従つて処分することができる。この財産が千九百四十一年十二月七日に日本国に所在し、且つ、返還することができず、又は戦争の結果として損傷若しくは損害を受けている場合には、日本国内閣が千九百五十一年七月十三日に決定した連合国財産補償法案の定める条件よりも不利でない条件で補償される。
b. 戦争中に侵害された工業所有権については、日本国は、千九百四十九年九月一日施行の政令第三百九号、千九百五十年一月二十八日施行の政令第十二号及び千九百五十年二月一日施行の政令第九号(いずれも改正された現行のものとする。)によりこれまで与えられたところよりも不利でない利益を引き続いて連合国及びその国民に与えるものとする。但し、前記の国民がこれらの政令に定められた期限までにこの利益を許与を申請した場合に限る。
a. いずれかの連合国の要請があつたときは、日本国政府は、当該連合国の国民の所有権に関係のある事件に関する日本国の捕獲審検所の決定又は命令を国際法に従い再検査して修正し、且つ、行われた決定及び発せられた命令を含めて、これらの事件の記録を構成するすべての文書の写を提供しなければならない。この再審査又は修正の結果、返還すべきことが明らかになつた場合には、第十五条の規定を当該財産に適用する。
b. 日本国政府は、いずれかの連合国の国民が原告又は被告として事件について充分な陳述ができなかつた訴訟手続において、千九百四十一年十二月七日から日本国と当該連合国との間にこの条約が効力を生ずるまでの期間に日本国の裁判所が行つた裁判を、当該国民が前記の効力発生の後一年以内にいつでも適当な日本の期間に再提出のため提出することができるようにするために、必要な措置をとらなければならない。日本国政府は、当該国民が前記の裁判の結果損害を受けた場合には、その者をその裁判が行われる前の地位に回復するようにし、又はその者にそれぞれの事情の下において公正かつ衡平な救済が与えられるようにしなければならない。
第十八条 【戦前からの債務】
a. 戦争状態の介在は、戦争状態の存在前に存在した債務及び契約(債権に関するものを含む。)並びに戦争状態の存在前に取得された権利から生ずる金銭債務で、日本国の政府若しくは国民が連合国の一国若しくは国民に対して、又は連合国の一国若しくは国民が日本国の政府若しくは国民に対して負つているものを支払う義務に影響を及ぼさなかつたものと認める。戦争状態の介在は、また、戦争状態の存在前に財産の減失若しくは損害又は身体障害若しくは死亡に関して生じた請求権で、連合国の一国の政府が日本国の政府に対して、又は日本国政府が連合国政府のいずれかに対して提起し又は再提起するものの当否を審議する義務に影響を及ぼすものとみなしてはならない。この項の規定は、第十四条によつて与えられる権利を害するものではない。
b. 日本国は、日本国の戦前の対外債務に関する責任と日本国が責任を負うと後に宣言された団体の債務に関する責任とを確認する。また、日本国は、これらの債務の支払再開に関して債権者とすみやかに交渉を開始し、他の戦前の請求権及び債務に関する交渉を促進し、且つ、これに応じて金額の支払を容易にする意図を表明する。
第十九条 【戦争請求権の放棄】
a. 日本国は、戦争から生じ、または戦争状態が存在したためにとられた行動から生じた連合国及びその国民に対する日本国及びその国民のすべての請求権を放棄し、且つ、この条約の条約の効力発生の前に日本国領域におけるいずれかの連合国の軍隊又は当局の存在、職務遂行又は行動から生じたすべての請求権を放棄する。
b. 前記の放棄には、千九百三十九年九月一日からこの条約の効力発生までの間に日本国の船舶に関していずれかの連合国がとつた行動から生じた請求権並びに連合国の手中にある日本人捕虜及び被抑留者に対して生じた請求権及び債権が含まれる。但し、千九百四十五年九月二日以後いずれかの連合国が制定した法律で特に認められた日本人の請求権を含まない。
c. 相互放棄を条件として、日本国政府は、また、政府間の請求権及び戦争中に受けた減失又は損害に関する請求権を含むドイツ及びドイツ国民に対するすべての請求権(債権を含む。) を日本国政府及び日本国民のために放棄する。但し、 (a)千九百三十九年九月一日前に締結された契約及び取得された権利並びに(b)千九百四十五年九月二日後に日本国とドイツの間の貿易及び金融の関係から生じた請求権を除く。この放棄は、この条約の第十六条及び第二十条に従つてとられる行動を害するものではない。
d. 日本国は、占領期間中に占領当局の司令に基いて若しくはその結果として行われ、又は当時の日本国の政府によつて許可されたすべての作為又は不作為の効力を承認し、連合国民をこの作為又は不作為から生ずる民事又は刑事の責任に問ういかなる行動もとらないものとする。
a. この条約は、日本国を含めて、これに署名する国によつて批准されなければならない。この条約は、批准書が日本国により、且つ、主たる占領国としてのアメリカ合衆国を含めて、次の諸国、すなわちオーストラリア、カナダ、セイロン、フランス、インドネシア、オランダ、ニュー?ジーランド、パキスタン、フィリピン、グレート?ブリテン及び北部アイルランド連合王国及びアメリカ合衆国の過半数により寄託された時に、その時に批准しているすべての国に関して効力を有する。この条約は、その後これを批准する各国に関しては、その批准書の寄託の日に効力を生ずる。
b. この条約が日本国の批准書の寄託の日の後九箇月以内に効力を生じなかつたときは、これを批准した国は、日本国の批准書の寄託の日の後三年以内に日本国政府及びアメリカ合衆国政府にその旨を通告して、自国と日本国との間にこの条約の効力を生じさせることができる。