Japan and the United States: the essential alliance

YUKIO Okamoto

Japan and the United States: the essential alliance - 2003

Entered on 07/APR/2003

Partly because of the bitter dissatisfaction that the US displayed with 'checkbook diplomacy' after the Gulf War, Japan has taken unprecedented steps in the war on terrorism. Still, Tokyo needs a legal framework that will make the measures permanent.


JAPAN--INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS--UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES--SECURITY ALLIANCE--JAPAN