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CHRONOLOGY • xxxv
gust: President Reagan’s compensation bill for Japanese–Americans interned
during World War II. 29 August: First Japan–U.S. intellectual
property rights conference held in Hawaii. 20–21 September: Both
houses of Japanese Diet unanimously vote against liberalization of rice.
29 November: Japan and U.S. governments sign exchange of notes and
memorandum for joint development of fighter support X (FSX).
1989 7 January: Emperor Hirohito dies. His son, Akihito, becomes
the new emperor of Japan. 26 May: President George H. W. Bush proposes
Japan–U.S. Structural Impediments Initiative (SII) to consult on
Japan’s trade barriers. 26 June: Secretary of State Howard Baker’s Address
on “A New Pacific Partnership.” 4 September: First meeting of
Japan–U.S. Structural Impediments Initiative held in Tokyo. 6 November:
First meeting of Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference
held in Canberra. 9 November: The Berlin Wall comes down. 30 November:
First meeting of Japan–U.S. super computer expert conference
held in Tokyo.
1990 17 January: The Ministry of International Trade and Industry
announces that Japan will continue its voluntary export restraint of
Japanese automobiles to the United States in 1990. 9 February: Secretary
of Defense Dick Cheney announces that the United States does not
desire an improvement of Japanese defense capabilities. 14 February:
Japan–U.S. steel trade agreement signed in Washington, D.C., and becomes
effective. 28 June: The Japan–U.S. Structural Impediments Initiative
talks is concluded with a final report. 2 August: Iraq invades
Kuwait, beginning the Persian Gulf War. 8 August: Iraq announces the
annexation of Kuwait. The following day, the United Nations declares
the annexation invalid. 29 August: The Japanese government announces
provision of funds for multinational forces in the Gulf War.
1991 17 January: The United States attacks Iraq. Prime Minister
Kaifu expresses Japan’s “firm support” for the multinational forces.
Japan refuses to send combat troops, but helps pay costs of the war and
sends minesweepers to the Persian Gulf. 8 March: Gulf War ends in a
cease-fire. 25 April: Japanese government makes a formal decision to
dispatch a Japanese Self-Defense Forces minesweeper sweeper to the
Persian Gulf. 11 June: New Japan–U.S. Semiconductor Arrangement
concluded. 26 December: The Soviet Union is formally dissolved.