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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 564 

Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the Treaty of Mutual 

Security and Cooperation with Japan, and affirming support for the 

United States-Japan security alliance and relationship. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 23, 2010 

Mr. WEBB (for himself, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. DODD, Mr. BOND, 

Mr. KERRY, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. CARDIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JUNE 29, 2010 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the 

Treaty of Mutual Security and Cooperation with Japan, 

and affirming support for the United States-Japan security alliance and relationship. 

Whereas Japan became a treaty ally of the United States 

with the signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and 

Security on January 19, 1960; 

Whereas the treaty entered into force on June 19, 1960, 

after its ratification by the Japanese Diet and the United 

States Senate; 


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Whereas, in furtherance of the treaty, Japan hosts approximately 36,000 members of the United States Armed 

Forces, 43,000 dependents, and 5,000 civilian employees 

of the Department of Defense, with a majority located on 

the island of Okinawa; 

Whereas the United States and Japan signed the Roadmap 

for Realignment Implementation on May 1, 2006, to 

strengthen the alliance by maintaining defense capabilities while reducing burdens on local communities; 

Whereas the United States and Japan signed the Guam 

Agreement on February 17, 2009, on the relocation of 

approximately 8,000 Marines assigned to the III Marine 

Expeditionary Force (MEF) personnel and their approximately 9,000 dependents from Okinawa to Guam, which 

would reduce the presence of the Marine Corps on Okinawa by nearly half; 

Whereas the Governments of the United States and Japan 

maintain a strong security partnership through joint exercises between the United States Armed Forces and Japan’s Self-Defense Forces; 

Whereas Japan’s Self-Defense Forces have contributed 

broadly to global security missions, including relief operations following the tsunami in Indonesia in 2005, reconstruction in Iraq from 2004 to 2006, relief assistance following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, and maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden; 

Whereas Japan assists in the United States-led effort in Afghanistan where it ranks as the second-largest donor 

after the United States, pledging $5,000,000,000 over 

five years to improve infrastructure, education, and 

health, in addition to underwriting, with the United 


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Kingdom, a reintegration trust fund for former Taliban 

fighters; 

Whereas Japan’s Self-Defense Forces have played a vital role 

in United Nations peacekeeping operations around the 

world, beginning in 1992 when Japan dispatched two 

600-member engineering battalions to the United Nations 

Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC); 

Whereas the sinking of the Republic of Korea’s Cheonan 

naval ship by North Korea was a direct provocation intended to destabilize Northeast Asia and demonstrates 

the importance of cooperation between the United States 

and Japan on regional security issues; 

Whereas recent maritime activities by China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy to challenge Japan’s sovereignty 

claims in waters contested by Japan and China underscore the vital nature of the United States-Japan alliance 

to maintaining a balance of security in the region; 

Whereas, on May 28, 2010, members of the United StatesJapan Security Consultative Committee reconfirmed that, 

in this 50th anniversary year of the signing of the Treaty 

of Mutual Cooperation and Security, the United StatesJapan alliance remains ‘‘indispensable not only to the defense of Japan, but also to the peace, security, and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region’’; 

Whereas the security alliance has served as the foundation 

for deep cultural, political, and economic ties between the 

people of the United States and the people of Japan; and 

Whereas Japan remains a steadfast global partner with 

shared values of freedom, democracy, and liberty: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) affirms its commitment to the United 

2 States-Japan security alliance and the deep friend3 ship of both countries that is based on shared val4 ues; 

5 (2) recognizes the benefits of the alliance to the 

6 national security of the United States and Japan, as 

7 well as to regional peace and security; 

8 (3) recognizes the contributions of and ex9 presses appreciation for the people of Japan, and in 

10 particular the people of Okinawa, in hosting mem11 bers of the United States Armed Forces and their 

12 families in Japan; 

13 (4) values the involvement of Japan’s Self-De14 fense Forces in regional and global security oper15 ations; 

16 (5) promotes the implementation of the Road17 map for Realignment to reduce the burden on local 

18 communities while maintaining the United States 

19 strategic posture in Asia; and 

20 (6) anticipates the continuation of the steadfast 

21 alliance with its invaluable contribution to global 

22 peace, democracy, and security. 

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