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xxviii • CHRONOLOGY<br />

16 September: <strong>Japan</strong>–American Business Arbitration Agreement<br />

signed. 15 October: Police Reserve Force formally established. 30 October:<br />

Fourth Yoshida Cabinet established.<br />

1953 27 July: Armistice ending Korean War. 5 October–30 October:<br />

Ikeda–Robertson Talks. 15 November: Vice President Richard Nixon<br />

arrives in <strong>Japan</strong>. 24 December: <strong>Japan</strong>–U.S. Agreement on returning the<br />

Amami Islands to <strong>Japan</strong> signed.<br />

1954 First Godzilla movie released in <strong>Japan</strong>. 1 March: Lucky Dragon<br />

incident. 8 March: <strong>Japan</strong>–U.S. Mutual Security Agreement signed.<br />

April–July: Geneva Conference on conflicts in Korea and Indochina. 11<br />

May: Government and Relief in Occupied Areas (GARIOA) and Economic<br />

Rehabilitation in Occupied Areas (EROA) repayment negotiations<br />

begin. 2 June: Self–Defense Forces Law and the Defense Agency Act<br />

enacted. 1 July: Self-Defense Forces Law and the Defense Agency Act<br />

become effective. Self-Defense Forces and the Defense Agency established.<br />

10 November: Joint Statement <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japan</strong>ese Prime Minister<br />

Yoshida and U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.<br />

1955 18 January: President Eisenhower announces that the <strong>United</strong><br />

<strong>States</strong> will occupy Okinawa for indefinite duration. 21 January: Prime<br />

Minister Ichiro Hatoyama announces that <strong>Japan</strong> can have its own military<br />

forces for self-defense and <strong>Japan</strong> should establish an independent<br />

defense system. 2 March: Secretary <strong>of</strong> State Dulles announces the promotion<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Japan</strong>–Southeast Asian trade in order to assist <strong>Japan</strong>ese economic<br />

revival. 10 May: Negotiations for Restoration <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japan</strong>ese Assets<br />

in the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> concluded. 7 June: <strong>Japan</strong> joins the General Agreement<br />

on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 14 November: <strong>Japan</strong>–U.S. Atomic<br />

Energy Agreement signed. 15 November: Liberal Democratic Party<br />

(LDP) established. 19 December: Atomic Energy Law and the Atomic<br />

Energy Commission <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japan</strong> establishment law promulgated.<br />

1956 22 March: <strong>Japan</strong>–U.S. Technology Information Exchange Agreement<br />

(for defense purposes) signed. 3 April: State law <strong>of</strong> discriminatory<br />

sales <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japan</strong>ese textile products in State <strong>of</strong> Alabama passed. 9 May:<br />

<strong>Japan</strong>ese Reparations Agreement with the Philippines signed. 27 June:<br />

<strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> Ambassador John Allison announces that the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong><br />

will not occupy Okinawa forever. 9 July: <strong>Japan</strong>, Germany Confiscated<br />

Properties Repayment Law enacted. 26 September: International Atomic<br />

Energy Agency Charter adopted by 70 countries, including <strong>Japan</strong>. 27 Sep

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