The treaty confirmed Japan's emergence as the pre-eminent power in East Asia, and forced Russia to abandon its expansionist policies there, but it was not well received by the Japanese people.
Traktaten underbyggede Japans opkomst til en dominerende magt i Østasien og tvang Rusland til at opgive sin ekspansionspolitik i området, men den blev ikke vel modtaget i den japanske befolkning.