"Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda (front L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua exchanging documents at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing."

"Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda (front L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua exchanging documents at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing."

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Image Caption: File photo taken on Aug. 12, 1978, shows Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda (front L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua exchanging documents at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Kyodo)

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"Japanese Foreign Minister Sunao Sonoda (front L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua exchanging documents at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing."
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This photo represents the culmination of the Sino-Japanese normalization push of the 1970s, culminating in a symbolic handshake between both nations' foreign ministers upon the August 12, 1978 ratification of the written treaty. 

 

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