IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1056 
Recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, 
Japan, and South Korea. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2024 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mr. BERA, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, 
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. LIEU, Mrs. STEEL, Mrs. CHERFILUS- 
MCCORMICK, 
Mr. 
KEAN
of 
New 
Jersey, 
Mr. 
KEATING, 
Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN, Mr. AMO, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. MCCORMICK, 
and Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among 
the United States, Japan, and South Korea. 
Whereas, in 2023, South Korea and Japan restarted bilateral 
summitry for the first time since 2019 with President 
Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio meet-
ing seven times; 
Whereas the two sides have made efforts to address long-
standing historical grievances, including the issue of 
South Koreans forced to work for Japanese companies 
during World War II; 
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Whereas the Governments of Japan and South Korea re-
stored normal economic ties, which had been strained 
since 2019, by reinstating each other on their respective 
‘‘white lists’’ of preferential trade partners, with Japan 
lifting export controls on South Korea related to three 
materials needed to produce semiconductors and South 
Korea dropping its case before the World Trade Organi-
zation related to those export controls; 
Whereas the United States, Japan, and South Korea have re-
started trilateral summitry, holding five trilateral meet-
ings among President Biden, Prime Minister Kishida, 
and President Yoon since June 2022; 
Whereas, on August 18, 2023, the United States, Japan, and 
South Korea held the first standalone trilateral leaders 
summit at Camp David; 
Whereas the three allies issued a trilateral commitment to 
consult with one another trilaterally ‘‘in an expeditious 
manner to coordinate our responses to regional chal-
lenges, provocations, and threats affecting our collective 
interests and security’’; 
Whereas the three allies improved deterrence and defense ca-
pabilities against the growing security threat posed by 
North Korea by resuming military exercises in 2022; 
Whereas the United States, Japan, and South Korea ex-
panded and developed a multi-year schedule for trilateral 
military exercises and conducted the first United States- 
Japan-South Korea aerial exercise in October 2023; 
Whereas the three allies have activated a 2022 agreement to 
exchange real-time missile warning data focused on 
North Korean missile launches; 
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Whereas, in December 2022, South Korea and Japan pub-
lished national security documents that closely mirrored 
those of the United States, setting the stage for greater 
policy alignment and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific; 
Whereas the three allies announced plans for expanded and 
more regular summits, including agreeing to hold annual 
trilateral summit meetings, agreeing to hold annual tri-
lateral meetings among cabinet-level officials, specifically 
the three countries’ foreign ministers, defense ministers, 
commerce and industry ministers, and national security 
advisors, and agreeing to hold the first trilateral meeting 
among finance ministers; 
Whereas the three allies announced a trilateral initiative to 
synchronize their efforts to build the maritime capabili-
ties of Southeast Asian and Pacific Island countries; 
Whereas South Korea and Japan have resumed cabinet- and 
subcabinet-level bilateral consultations, including holding 
a Security Dialogue and a Strategic Dialogue; 
Whereas the Governments of Japan and South Korea an-
nounced a new bilateral science and technology coopera-
tive arrangement, including a hydrogen and ammonia 
global value chain initiative, which includes raising funds 
for joint projects, and a quantum technology research 
and development initiative between the two countries’ 
government-affiliated research institutes; 
Whereas South Korea and Japan cooperated to evacuate Jap-
anese and South Korean nationals from Sudan after the 
eruption of civil conflict in April 2023 and from Israel 
after Hamas’ attack in October 2023; 
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Whereas South Korea arranged for the experts dispatched to 
the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station to monitor 
TEPCO’s release of treated water into the Pacific Ocean; 
Whereas, in December 2023, the United States, Japan, and 
South Korea held the inaugural meeting of the trilateral 
Working Group on DPRK Cyber Activities; 
Whereas the three allies have held trilateral dialogues on 
space security (November 2023) and Indo-Pacific policies 
(January 2024); and 
Whereas the United States, Japan, and South Korea an-
nounced trilateral economic and technology cooperation 
initiatives, including a supply chain early warning system 
pilot program, a partnership program among the three 
countries’ national laboratories: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the extraordinary leadership of 
President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime 
Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio in taking initiative 
to repair relations between their two countries; 
(2) acknowledges that strengthening relations 
between Japan and South Korea has enabled greater 
ambition in trilateral cooperation involving the 
United States; 
(3) encourages ever greater cooperation between 
South Korea and Japan and trilateral cooperation 
across diplomatic, economic, security, and informa-
tional domains; 
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(4) welcomes ever greater levels of trilateral 
strategic coordination among the United States, 
Japan, and South Korea as a stabilizing influence 
on the Western Pacific region and global order more 
broadly; 
(5) celebrates the shared democratic, liberal val-
ues that are the bedrock of the enduring ties among 
the United States, Japan, and South Korea; and 
(6) recognizes the critical importance to the in-
terests of the United States and the peace and secu-
rity of the Western Pacific of United States treaty 
alliances with South Korea and Japan. 
Æ 
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