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A gentlemen's agreement, or gentleman's agreement, is an informal and legally non-binding agreement between two or more parties. It is typically oral , but it may be written or simply understood as part of an unspoken agreement by convention or through mutually beneficial etiquette .
The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 (日米紳士協約, Nichibei Shinshi Kyōyaku) was an informal agreement between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan whereby Japan would not allow laborers further emigration to the United States and the United States would not impose restrictions on Japanese immigrants already present in the country.
Instead there was an informal "Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907" between the foreign ministers Elihu Root and Japan's Tadasu Hayashi. The Agreement said Japan would stop emigration of Japanese laborers to the U.S. or Hawaii, and there would not be segregation in California.
A gentleman's agreement is an informal agreement. It may also refer to: Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 between the United States and Japan; Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956 between leaders of the Andhra State and the Telangana region, leading to the formation of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India; Gentleman's Agreement
1907-1908 — “Gentlemen’s Agreement between the United States and Japanese government, which volunteers to stop emigration of laborers.” [19] 1911 — United States Joint Immigration (Dillingham) Commission published a forty-two volume report in which it declared immigration was harming the nation and asked for limitation of immigrants ...
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title.The film is about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who pretends to be Jewish to research an exposé on the widespread antisemitism in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan and Darien, Connecticut.
Strong Anti-Japanese sentiment in California angered Japan, but it was resolved by the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907. The Great White Fleet of American battleships visited Japan in October 1908. President Theodore Roosevelt originally intended to emphasize the superiority of the American fleet over the smaller Japanese navy, but instead of ...
The Gentlemen's agreement of Andhra Pradesh was signed between Telangana and Andhra leaders before the formation of the state of Andhra Pradesh of India on 20 February 1956. The agreement provided safeguards with the purpose of preventing discrimination against Telangana by the government of Andhra Pradesh.