(Rat-February Eve), April 16, 1996, Japan and the United States signed the "Joint Declaration of the Japan-US security.

1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton paid a visit to South Korea, (L $ dj��.����T) of Japan on April 16, conducted a three-day official visit, published a long-awaited summit between the two countries "Japan-US Security Joint Declaration." U.S. ambassador to Japan, Mondale said, the summit may be "post-war Japan-US relationship is the most important in the history of the time. Clinton's visit to not only re-confirmed that the basic framework of the Japan-US alliance after the Cold War ", and may have a significant impact on the Asia-Pacific security strategy for the 21st century the United States and Japan and the East Asian strategic pattern.