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Portsmouth treatyポーツマス条約 日露講和条約alternative words: Treaty of Portsmouth, Nichiro kowa joyaku keywords: northern territory , russia , treaty related topics: Russo-Japanese war , Sakhalin island related web sites: http://www.aba.ne.jp/~sugita/21j.htm explanation: Treaty concluded between Japanese plenipotentiary, Komura Jutaro and Russian counter part Sergei Witte in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1905 after Russo-Japanese war. It stipulates that Russia should cede southern Sakhalin, Liaotung peninsula with port Arthur and southern Manchuria railroads to Japan, and recognize Japanese preponderance on Korea. Komura, unable to get an indemnity from Russia, it provoked a great number of manifestations all over Japan. | |