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Article: Fifty-Fifty Vision.(United States-Japan relations)(Brief Article)
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- November 1, 2001
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Soeya Yoshihide considers two points of historical contention as the United States and Japan celebrate 50 years of cooperation following World War II and look forward to 50 years more
THE eighth of September 2001 marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, which ended the six-and-a-half-year-plus occupation of Japan by Allied military forces following Japan's surrender in World War II. Commemorating the anniversary, several grassroots projects have been launched in Japan to express appreciation to the United States for its benevolence toward its former enemy and to further promote mutual trust. The "A50" initiative, which since ...