Treaty of Shimoda

The Treaty of Shimoda (Japanese: 下田条約, Hepburn: Shimoda Jouyaku), formally the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and Russia (日露和親条約, Nichi-Ro Washin Jouyaku), was the first treaty between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan (then under the Tokugawa shogunate), signed on February 7, 1855.