A structured table of contents outlining the negotiations, disputes, treaty provisions, opposition movements, and post-treaty claims related to the Japan–Korea Basic Treaty.

June 8, 2016

Table of Contents
1 Background Leading up to the Treaty Negotiations
1.1 Claims as a “Victorious Nation against Japan”
1.2 Mediation by the United States of America
2 Japan–Korea Talks
2.1 Immediately Before the Talks
2.1.1 Preliminary Talks
2.1.2 The Syngman Rhee Line
2.2 First Round of Talks
2.3 Second Round of Talks
2.3.1 Gunfire by the South Korean Military at Japanese Fishing Vessels and Landing on Takeshima
2.4 Third Round of Talks
2.4.1 The Kubota Statement
2.5 Fourth Round of Talks
2.5.1 South Korea after the April Revolution
2.6 Fifth Round of Talks
2.7 Sixth Round of Talks
2.7.1 Ōhira–Kim Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
2.7.2 Chairman Park Chung-hee’s Visit to Japan
2.8 Seventh Round of Talks
2.9 Points of Dispute in the Japan–Korea Talks
2.9.1 Issue of the Invalidity of Former Treaties
2.9.2 Issue of the Return of Cultural Properties
2.9.3 Compensation to Individuals
2.9.4 Japan’s Claims against Korea
2.9.5 Issues of “Forced Labor” and “Forced Mobilization”
3 Contents of the Treaty
3.1 Accompanying Agreements
3.1.1 Agreement on Property and Claims
3.2 “Economic Cooperation Funds” and Their Use
4 Opposition Movements
5 Position of North Korea
6 Repeated Claims against Japan after the Conclusion of the Treaty
6.1 Japanese Government Responses and Lawsuits Concerning Individual Claims
6.2 Renewed Claims after the Roh Moo-hyun Administration (2005)
6.3 Announcement by the South Korean Government of the End of Compensation Demands against Japan (2008)
6.4 South Korean Supreme Court Recognizes Japanese Companies’ Liability for Compensation to Conscripted Workers (2012)
6.5 President Lee Myung-bak’s Demand for an Imperial Apology (2012)
6.6 Responses by the Japanese Government
6.7 Objections to the Japanese Government’s Position on Individual Claims
6.7.1 United Nations Report on Comfort Women
6.7.2 Theory of Unresolved Claims Advocated by Japanese Civic Groups
7 Disclosure of Meeting Records by the South Korean Government
8 Footnotes
8.1 Notes
8.2 Sources
9 References
10 External Links
11 Related Topics