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 | | One year later, the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Peace and Amity (Kanagawa Treaty) was signed between the United States and Japan, ushering in the end of Japan’s isolationist policies. |
 | | The San Francisco Peace Treaty ended the occupation in 1952, and Okinawa was finally returned to Japan in 1972. |
 | | Japan signed the San Francisco Peace Treaty with 48 other countries to bring an end to their state of war with Japan. |
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