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1910 Japan established its government-general to administer recently annexed Korea. On August 22, 1910, Japanese and Korean officials signed the treaty of annexation. In 1995, then Japanese Prime Minister Murayama argued that the treaty had been "legal." Yukata Kawasaki has analyzed this claim in the Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law.
1972 Japan formally recognized the People's Republic of China.
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