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The Gentlemen's Agreement was between the United States and Japan. What concession did each side make?

Japan would greatly reduce the number of passports it issued for emigrants to America.
The United States would allow immigrants from Japan in exchange for better trade relations.
Japan would no longer prevent its citizens from leaving and emigrating to the United States.
The San Francisco school board would not segregate Japanese students any longer.

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The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 was an informal agreement between the United States and the Empire of Japan by which the United States stopped imposing restrictions on Japanese immigration, and Japan restricted emigration to the United States.

In the agreement, Japan agreed not to process more passports for Japanese citizens who wanted to work in the continental United States, which effectively eliminated any new Japanese immigration to America. In return, the United States agreed to accept the presence of immigrants already living on American soil, allow the immigration of their wives, children and parents and avoid legal discrimination against Japanese children in California schools.

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The Gentlemen's Agreement was between the United States and Japan.Japan would greatly reduce the number of passports it issued for emigrants to America.hope this helps
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