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1984 7 February: Five-year extension of Japan–U.S. environmental
protection agreement. 6 November: First meeting of the Joint Military
Technology Commission held in Tokyo. 4 December: Japanese government
decides to establish foreign policy ministerial council.
1985 2 January: Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and President
Ronald Reagan hold discussions. 28 January: Japan–U.S. viceministerial-level
talks for promoting opening Japanese market agree to
begin Market Oriented Sector Selective (MOSS) consultation in four
economic sectors: forest products, telecommunications equipment and
services, electronics, and medical equipment and pharmaceuticals. 26
March: Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) decides to
continue voluntary restraints on export of Japanese-made automobiles
to the United States. 26 March: U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar
Weinberger requests Japan as well as Western nations to join research
and development of the Strategic Defense Initiative at the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization conference. 11 April: Council of Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development requests Japan’s effort
to open markets; Japan, the United States, and Europe make a joint
announcement of pursuing persistent economic growth and employment
expansion without inflation. 22 September: Announcement of the
ministers of finance and Central Bank governors of France, Germany,
Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Plaza Accord).
1986 13 February: MITI makes an announcement to continue voluntary
export restraints on automobiles to the United States. 7 April:
Maekawa Report submitted to Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.
30 April: U.S. House of Representatives passes a comprehensive trade
bill including the Gephardt clause that requires countries with trade surplus
with the United States to reduce the surplus by 10 percent every
year. 2 September: The U.S.–Japan Agreement of 1986 on Semiconductor
Products. 8 September: Japanese government makes an official
decision to participate in Strategic Defense Initiative research. 3 October:
Japan–U.S. tobacco negotiations concluded with complete abolishment
of Japan’s tariff.
1987 23 April: New Maekawa Report submitted.
1988 13 January: Joint Statement by President Ronald Reagan and
Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita of Japan on Economic Issues. 10 Au