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CHRONOLOGY • xxix
tember: Japan announces voluntary restriction measure of exporting cotton
products to the United States. 18 December: Japan becomes the 80th
member of the United Nations.
1957 30 January: Girard Incident in Gunma, Japan. 25 February:
Douglas MacArthur II, nephew of General MacArthur, arrives as
United States ambassador to Japan. He serves until 1961. 22 April:
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi states at the meeting of the Lower
House Budget Committee that Article Nine of the Japanese constitution
should be revised. 7 May: Prime Minister Kishi states at the meeting
of the Upper House Cabinet Committee that it is reasonable to use
nuclear power within the range of self-defense. 23 May: Koichiro
Asakai becomes Japan’s ambassador to the United States. 21 June:
Joint Communiqué of Japanese Prime Minister Kishi and U.S. President
Eisenhower issued. 28 September: Japanese Ministry of Foreign
Affairs announces three diplomatic principles: focusing on the United
Nations, cooperation with the free world, and maintenance of Japan’s
status as an Asian country.
1958 20 January: Japan–Indonesia peace treaty and reparations
agreement signed. 25 July: Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
established.
1959 28 March: National Council for Blocking Revision of
Japan–U.S. Security Treaty established.
1960 19 January: New Japan–U.S. Security Treaty signed in Washington,
D.C. President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Kishi issue a
joint communiqué. June 19: Diet approves the new Japan–U.S. Security
Treaty despite intense opposition. Prime Minister Kishi resigns and
is succeeded by Hayato Ikeda. 23 June: New Japan–U.S. Security
Treaty becomes effective.
1961 20 January: John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as president of the
United States. 29 March: Edwin O. Reischauer is appointed United
States ambassador to Japan. He serves until August 1966. 22 June: Joint
Statement of Prime Minister Ikeda and President Kennedy. 13 December:
First Japan–U.S. Science Committee meeting.
1962 25 January: First meeting of the United States–Japan Conference
on Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON). 2 February:
Japan–U.S. mutual tariff reduction agreement signed. 15 June: Japanese