Gentlemen’s Agreement, (1907), U.S.-Japanese understanding in which Japan agreed not to issue passports to emigrants to the United States, except to certain categories of business and professional men.

The Gentleman’s Agreement of 1907 was an agreement between the United States of America and Japan. It was called the Gentleman’s Agreement because both sides didn’t sign any formal agreement and it was hoped that both would honor it, as two gentlemen would honor an informal agreement. Background

The Gentlemen`s Agreement of 1907 (日米紳士協約, Nichibei Shinshi Kyōyaku) was an informal agreement between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan, under which the United States did not restrict Japanese immigration and did not allow Japan to emigrate further to the United States. .

Diplomatic negotiations between Japan and the United States resulted in the "Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907": the United States refrained from passing laws that specifically excluded Japanese immigration or discriminated against Japanese Americans, and Japan agreed to prevent its working-class citizens from leaving for the United States.

Instead, there was an informal "Gentlemen's Agreement" (1907–8) between the United States and Japan, whereby Japan made sure there was very little or no movement to the US. The agreements were made by US Secretary of State Elihu Root and Japan's Foreign Minister, Tadasu Hayashi.

The gentlemen’s agreement of 1907 was between the United States and the Japanese Empire. In exchange for the U.S. support in easing the segregation rule in the country, Japan restricted its residents from going to the U.S. This agreement was in existence until Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924.