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Wikipedia September 19, 2026 at 06:42 AM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Francisco

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India
Correction

India is incorrectly listed as having attended the San Francisco Peace Conference. Contemporary U.S. and Japanese official records say India decided not to attend.

Full reasoning

This occurrence of "India" appears in the article's "Present" attendance list, implying India attended the San Francisco Peace Conference. But official records say the opposite.

  • A U.S. State Department historical document states: "On August 23 the Government of India informed us that it had decided not to sign the treaty and not to attend the San Francisco Conference."
  • Japan's National Archives summary of the conference likewise says: "India, Burma, and Yugoslavia did not participate" in the conference.

So India should not be listed among the countries present at the conference.

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80,388,000,000
Correction

The yen amount listed for Indonesia is incorrect. The Indonesia reparations agreement states 80,308,800,000 yen, not 80,388,000,000 yen.

Full reasoning

In the reparations table, the Indonesia row gives 80,388,000,000 yen. But the text of the Indonesia reparations agreement gives a different figure.

A documentary source reproducing the agreement states that Japan's reparations to Indonesia were "80,308,800,000" yen (written in the source as Y 80.308.800.000), equivalent to US$223.08 million. That means the article's yen figure transposes digits and overstates the amount by 79,200,000 yen.

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  • 동북아역사넷 < 동북아역사재단

    Japan shall supply the Republic of Indonesia by way of reparations ... at present computed at eighty thousand three hundred and eight million and eight hundred thousand yen (Y 80.308.800.000) ... equivalent to two hundred and twenty-three million eighty thousand United States of America dollars ($223.080.000).

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14,400,000,000
Correction

The yen amount listed for South Vietnam is incorrect. The reparations agreement states 14,040,000,000 yen, not 14,400,000,000 yen.

Full reasoning

The table's South Vietnam row gives 14,400,000,000 yen, but the reparations agreement gives a different number.

The agreement text states that Japan would supply reparations to the Republic of Vietnam totaling US$39,000,000, "at present computed at fourteen thousand and forty million yen (¥14,040,000,000)". So the article's figure has the digits transposed: it should be 14,040,000,000 yen, not 14,400,000,000 yen.

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  • United Nations Treaty Series, Volume 373

    Japan shall supply the Republic of Viet-Nam by way of reparations ... equivalent to thirty-nine million United States dollars ($U.S.39,000,000), at present computed at fourteen thousand and forty million yen (¥14,040,000,000) ...

  • 동북아역사넷 < 동북아역사재단

    Japan will supply to the Republic of Vietnam by way of reparations ... the total value of which, in Yens, shall be equivalent to US $39 million, or 14,040 million Yens at the present rate ...

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38,000,000
Correction

The U.S.-dollar amount listed for South Vietnam is incorrect. The reparations agreement sets the amount at US$39,000,000, not US$38,000,000.

Full reasoning

The South Vietnam row lists US$38,000,000, but the reparations agreement sets the amount at US$39,000,000.

Both the United Nations Treaty Series text and a documentary reproduction of the agreement state that Japan's reparations to the Republic of Vietnam were thirty-nine million United States dollars. So the table understates the amount by US$1,000,000.

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5 April 1968
Correction

This date is wrong for the restoration of the Bonin and Volcano Islands. April 5, 1968 was the signing date of the reversion agreement; the return to Japan took effect on June 26, 1968.

Full reasoning

The article says the Bonin and Volcano Islands were restored on 5 April 1968. But official records show that 5 April 1968 was the date the reversion agreement was signed, not the date the islands were actually restored.

Japan's National Archives explains that the agreement was signed on April 5, 1968, promulgated on June 12, and entered into force on June 26, 1968, at which point the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands returned to Japan. The U.N. treaty database for the same agreement also lists the entry into force date as 26 June 1968. So the restoration date in the article should be June 26, 1968, not April 5, 1968.

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