Historical Dictionary of United States-Japan ... - Bakumatsu Films

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government dispatches the first Okinawa inspection team to Okinawa.
28 August: Japan–U.S. Cosmos roundtable conference.
1963 22 March: Japan–U.S. consular agreement signed. 19 November:
Japan–U.S. satellite TV radio wave relay agreement. 22 November:
President Kennedy is murdered in Dallas, Texas. Vice President Lyndon
Johnson becomes president. 7 December: Tokyo District Court issues a
decision that dropping the atomic bombs was a violation of international
law, but rules against plaintiffs claims.
1964 24 March: U.S. Ambassador Reischauer stabbing incident. 1
April: Japan becomes an International Monetary Fund, Article VIII
country. 28 April: Japan becomes a member of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). 19 June: Trans-
Pacific Cable between Japan and the United States opened. 28 August:
Japanese government approves of U.S. nuclear submarines calling at
Japanese harbors. 10 October: Tokyo Olympics opened on this date
and concludes on 27 October 1964. 16 October: People’s Republic of
China announces a successful atomic bomb experiment. 3 November:
Lyndon Johnson wins the U.S. Presidential election. 12 November:
U.S. nuclear submarine (The Sea Dragon) calls at Sasebo Harbor.
1965 10 February: Haruo Okada reveals in the Diet the existence of
Mitsuya contingency planning conducted in the Defense Agency.
31 May: Prime Minister Eisaku Sato states that in case Okinawa is attacked,
the Japanese government will dispatch Self-Defense Forces.
22 June: Korea–Japan Treaty restores diplomatic relations between
Japan and South Korea. 29 July: B-52 strategic bombers leave Okinawa,
and fly directly to South Vietnam to attack Viet Cong for the first
time without prior consultation with the Japanese government. 19 August:
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato makes the first prime ministerial visit
to Okinawa. 24 August: Japanese government decides to establish ministerial
council for Okinawa problems. 28 December: Japan–U.S. civil
aviation agreement revision negotiations concluded and signed.
1966 14 February: Prime Minister Sato expresses approval of U.S.
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier calling at Japanese harbors. 8 November:
U. Alexis Johnson becomes United States ambassador to Japan. He
serves until 1969.