On the other hand, Japan put a sentence as the article one and it says "Korea is an independent state" and tried to separate Korea form influence of the Qing dynasty and recognize as an independent country.
一方日本は第一条に「朝鮮国は自主の邦」と挿入し、朝鮮を清朝の影響から切り離し独立国として認知しようとした。