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CHRONOLOGY • xxxi
1967 25 April: Japanese government expresses its official attitude
that it is possible to export weapons as long as they are within the limits
of self-defense. 4 May: Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S.
Navy carry out joint exercises in the Japan Sea. 30 June: Kennedy
Round of GATT final documents signed. 14 September: Japan–U.S.
Relationship Civilian Conference (Shimoda Conference) held. 15 November:
Joint Statement of Japanese Prime Minister Sato and U.S.
President Johnson that the Ogasawara Islands will be returned to Japan
within a year.
1968 19 January: U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise
along with nuclear-powered frigate calls at a Japanese harbor for the
first time. 19 January: Japan–U.S.–Ryukyu Consultative Committee
formally established. 30 January: Prime Minister Sato explains three
non-nuclear principles of the Japanese government. 26 February: New
Japan–U.S. atomic energy agreement effective for 30 years signed.
27 March: U.S. Senate passes the fabrics import numerical allocation
bill. 17 April: First round-table meeting among Japan–U.S. legislative
officers held. 17 June: Liberal Democratic Party announce automatic
extension of the Japan–U.S. security treaty.
1969 28 January: Japan–U.S. Kyoto Conference on Okinawa and
Asia sponsored by the study group on Okinawa military base problems.
5 February: Masami Takatsuji, director of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau,
states that Japan’s constitution does not prohibit the possession of
nuclear weapons. 18 April: Japan–U.S. Agreement on Trust Island Territory
in the Pacific Ocean (Micronesia Agreement) signed. 21 November:
Japan and the United States make a joint announcement that they
have agreed on the restitution of Okinawa in 1972.
1970 3 February: Japan signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
22 June: Japan–U.S. security treaty automatic extension becomes effective.
21 October: Prime Minister Sato makes first speech at the UN
by a Japanese prime minister.
1971 25 April: The New York Times reports that there was a secret
agreement between Japan and the United States about bringing nuclear
weapons into Japan. 17 June: Agreement between Japan and the United
States concerning the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) and the Daito Islands