Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce
The was signed on 26 August 1858 by Lord Elgin and the then representatives of the Japanese government (the Tokugawa shogunate), and was ratified between Queen Victoria and the Tycoon of Japan at Yedo on 11 July 1859. The concessions which Japan made in the treaty were threefold: About this ratification. This ratification seems to have meant that Queen Victoria would have power and jurisdiction in the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan. "The London Gazette" published on 4 March 1859 says, "a Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and Commerce hath been agreed upon  and concluded between Her Majesty and His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, which was signed by the respective Plenipotentiaries of their said Majesties on the twenty-sixth day of August last: And whereas immediately upon and from the exchange of the ratifications of the said Treaty, Her Majesty will have power and jurisdiction in the dominions of the Tycoon of Japan ".