The Government of the Empire of Japan and the Government of Burma, being unshakably determined to prosecute, in close co-operation between the two countries, the common war against the United States of America and the British Empire to a successful conclusion and to establish a greater East Asia based on justice, have agreed upon the following articles:
Article 1. Japan recognizes the incorporation into the territories of Burma of the Shan states excluding the two states of Kentung and Mong Pan, the Karenni states and the Wa region.
Article 2. Japan will cease the administration which it at present exercises in the territories specified in the foregoing article within ninety days from the date of coming into force of the present treaty.
Article 3. The matters of detail for the execution of the present treaty shall be decided through consultations between the authorities concerned of the two countries.
Article 4. The present treaty shall come into force on the date of its signature.