Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910

Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty
Japanese name
Kanji	韓国併合ニ関スル条約 or 日韓併合条約
Hiragana	かんこくへいごうにかんするじょうやく or にっかんへいごうじょうやく
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Kankoku heigō ni kansuru jōyaku or Nikkan heigō jōyaku
Korean name
Hangul	한일병합조약; (한일합방조약, 한일합방늑약)
Hanja	韓日倂合條約; (韓日合邦條約, 韓日合邦勒約)
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Hanil Byeonghap Joyak; (Hanil Hapbang Joyak, Hanil Hapbang Neugyak)

Japan–Korea Unequal Treaty
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910
	General power of attorney to Yi Wan-yong signed and sealed by the last emperor, Sunjong of the Korean Empire (Yi Cheok, 이척 李坧). The last emperor's first name '坧' used as signature.
Type	Annexation treaty
Context	Annexation of the Korean Empire by the Empire of Japan
Sealed	August 22, 1910
Effective	August 29, 1910
Expiration	August 15, 1945, de facto September 2, 1945
Expiry	June 22, 1965
Signatories	Ye Wanyong; (Prime Minister of the Korean Empire); Count Terauchi Masatake; (Resident General of Korea; Empire of Japan);
Parties	Japan; Korea;
Ratifiers	Japan; Korea;
Language	Literary Chinese

The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, was made by representatives of the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire on 22 August 1910. In this treaty, Japan formally annexed Korea following the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 (by which Korea became a protectorate of Japan) and the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 (by which Korea was deprived of the administration of internal affairs).

Japanese commentators predicted that Koreans would easily assimilate into the Japanese Empire.

In 1965, the Treaty of Basic Relations between South Korea and Japan confirmed this treaty is "already null and void".