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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 183 

Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance in promoting 

peace, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2019 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. GARDNER) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Reaffirming the vital role of the United States-Japan alliance 

in promoting peace, stability, and prosperity in the IndoPacific region and beyond, and for other purposes. 

Whereas the United States and Japan established diplomatic 

relations on March 31, 1854, with the signing of the 

Treaty of Peace and Amity; 

Whereas, for the past 70 years, the alliance between the 

United States and Japan has played a vital role in ensuring peace, stability, and economic development in Asia 

and beyond; 

Whereas the United States and Japan are deeply committed 

to the common values of freedom, democracy, rule of law, 

and free market economics; 


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Whereas the United States-Japan alliance, forged nearly six 

decades ago with the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, is the cornerstone for advancing 

a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and contributes 

internationally to peace and stability; 

Whereas the United States and Japan are indispensable partners in combating the proliferation of weapons of mass 

destruction, improving global health, countering human 

trafficking and promoting human rights, assisting the 

victims of conflict and disaster worldwide, and contributing to global economic development; 

Whereas the alliance is a testament to the ability of great nations to overcome the past and jointly work to create a 

more secure and prosperous future; 

Whereas our two countries, coming from different cultural 

backgrounds, have created an active and dynamic relationship beneficial to both peoples; and 

Whereas cultural and people-to-people ties between the 

United States and Japan are long-standing and deep, as 

exemplified by the 1912 gift from the People of Japan 

to the People of the United States of the beautiful cherry 

trees that grace our Nation’s capital, signifying the unbreakable bond between the two nations: Now, therefore 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) reaffirms the endorsement of long-standing 

3 United States policy to pursue close and cooperative 

4 ties with Japan in the Asia Reassurance Initiative 

5 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409), signed into law 

6 on December 31, 2018, and the vital role of the 


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1 United States-Japan alliance in promoting peace, 

2 stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region 

3 and beyond; 

4 (2) underscores the importance of the close peo5 ple-to-people and cultural ties between our two na6 tions; 

7 (3) calls for the strengthening and broadening 

8 of diplomatic, economic, and security ties between 

9 the United States and Japan; and 

10 (4) further calls for the continued cooperation 

11 between the Governments of the United States and 

12 Japan in addressing global challenges that threaten 

13 the security of people everywhere in the new Reiwa 

14 era of ‘‘beautiful harmony’’. 

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