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Admin moved page Why did diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan worsen at the beginning of the 20th Century? to Why did diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan worsen at the beginning of the 20th Century
====United States Racism against Japanese Immigrants frays relations====
[[File:Portrait_of_Takahira_Kogoro.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px200px|Japanese Ambassador Takahira Kogoro in 20001900]]
A U.S.-Japanese treaty signed in 1894 had guaranteed the Japanese the right to immigrate to the United States, and to enjoy the same rights in the country as U.S. citizens. In 1906, however, the San Francisco Board of Education enacted a measure to send Japanese and Chinese children to segregated schools. The Government of Japan was outraged by this policy, claiming that it violated the 1894 treaty. In a series of notes exchanged between late 1907 and early 1908, known collectively as the Gentlemen’s Agreement, the U.S. Government agreed to pressure the San Francisco authorities to withdraw the measure, and the Japanese Government promised to restrict the immigration of laborers to the United States.