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U.S. and Japan

The Office for Japanese Affairs of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State coordinates U.S. relations with Japan. Staffed by ten Foreign Service officers, the Office provides policy advice on Japanese economic and political issues to the Secretary of State and other senior U.S. administration officials.

Japan Fact Sheets and Background Notes | Major Speeches and Testimony |
Security Issues | Economic and Business Issues | Travel Information and U.S. Posts in Japan |
Core State Department Links

Japan Fact Sheets and Background Notes

General:

• Background Notes: Japan
• Fact Sheet: Coalition Politics in Japan (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Education in Japan (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Environment in Japan (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Health Care in Japan (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: History of Japan (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Human Rights in Japan (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan and China (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan and Russia (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan and Southeast Asia (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan and the United Nations (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan Profile (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japanese Etiquette (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan's Economy (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan's Host Nation Support (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan's Imperial Family (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan's National Holidays (6/15/00)
• Fact Sheet: Japan's Official Development Assistance (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Politics and Government in Japan (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Teaching English in Japan (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Tokyo City Profile (6/26/00)

U.S.-Japan Relations:

• Fact Sheet: U.S.-Japan Relations (Overview) (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: U.S.-Japan Economic Relations (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: U.S.-Japan Security Relationship (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: U.S.-Japan Common Agenda (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Highlights of the U.S.-Japan Civil Aviation Agreement (6/26/00)
• Fact Sheet: Amended U.S.-Japan Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) (6/26/00)

• White House Fact Sheet: U.S.-Japan Bilateral Issues (7/22/00)

Major Speeches and Testimony

• Joint Press Availability With Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono. Secretary Albright, Tokyo, Japan (7/30/00)
• Remarks at the Dedication of Albright Hall Followed by Q&A with Students. Secretary Albright, Miyazaki, Japan (7/30/00)
• Remarks to American Troops and Their Families. President Clinton, Okinawa, Japan (7/22/00)
• Remarks to the People of Okinawa. President Clinton, Okinawa, Japan and fact sheet on Education Initiatives (7/21/00)
• Statement Aboard Air Force One. President Clinton, en route to Japan for G-8 Summit (7/20/00)
• The United States and Japan -- Partnership and Challenges in a New Millennium. Assistant Secretary Roth (12/8/99)
• Remarks at Arrival Ceremony. President Clinton and Prime Minister Obuchi, Washington, DC (5/3/99)
• Address to the Japan National Press Club. Ambassador Thomas Foley, Tokyo, Japan (12/14/98)
• Statements and Q&As. President Clinton and Prime Minister Obuchi, Tokyo, Japan (11/20/98)
• Remarks to Business Leaders. President Clinton, Tokyo, Japan (11/20/98)
• Toast Remarks. President Clinton and Prime Minister Obuchi, Tokyo, Japan (11/19/98)
• Address on the Tokyo Broadcasting Systems. President Clinton, Tokyo, Japan (11/19/98)
• In Search of a New Path for Asia. Ambassador Thomas Foley, Kakegawa City, Japan (10/31/98)
• U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee Meeting. Secretary Albright et al., New York, NY (9/20/98)
• Speech at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Albright, Tokyo, Japan (4/28/98)
• Joint Press Conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi. Secretary Albright, Tokyo, Japan (4/28/98)
• Remarks Before the Japan American Society of Washington. Under Secretary Eizenstat, Washington, DC (2/11/98)
• U.S.-Japan Relations. Ambassador Thomas Foley, Washington, DC (11/7/97)
• President Clinton before the Japanese Diet. Tokyo, Japan (4/16/96).

Security Issues

• U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (Joint Statement)
• Completion of the Review of the Guidelines for U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation. Security Consultative Committee Final Guidelines (9/23/97)
• Review of the Guidelines for U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation. Subcommittee for Defense Cooperation Interim Report (6/7/97)
• Special Action Committee on Okinawa (SACO). Final Report (12/2/96)
• U.S.-Japan Joint Declaration on Security Alliance for the 21st Century. Joint statement by President Clinton and Prime Minister Hashimoto, Tokyo, Japan (4/17/96)

Economic and Business Issues

• Joint Environmental Principles Statement (9/11/2000)
• Improving Japan's Investment Climate -- The Views of U.S. and Japanese Business. Press Statement (7/18/00)
• U.S.-Japan Framework for a New Economic Partnership. Joint Statement (7/10/93)
• Country Commercial Guides for U.S. Investors
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices
• State Department Business Services
• Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts

Related Sites:

• U.S. Commercial Service in Japan -- U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
• National Trade Data Bank -- U.S. Department of Commerce
• Office of Japan -- U.S. Department of Commerce

Travel Information and U.S. Posts in Japan

• U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
• U.S. Consulate General, Osaka-Kobe, Japan
• U.S. Consulate, Fukuoka, Japan
• Japan Consular Information Sheet

Core State Department Links

• Core State Department Reports/Listings
• U.S. Secretary of State Albright's Home Page
• Department of State Daily Press Briefings (1993-present)
• Press Statements from the Office of the Spokesman (1996-present)
• Former U.S. Secretary of State Christopher's Speeches (1993-97)
• Related Foreign Affairs Sites

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