(Rat-February Eve), April 16, 1996, US rebuild after the Cold War alliance.

1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton paid a visit to Korea, Japan on April 16 for a three-day official visit, a long-awaited joint declaration issued after the summit talks between the two countries. 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. (History TodayOnHistory.com)