US-Japan relationship in the 1980s: achievements, challenges, and opportunities

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6852236

The critical importance for the political economic, and security interests of the two countries is stressed. A healthy and productive association between them contributes in fundamental ways to the security and economic growth of the Asian region. And it provides the basis for more rapid restructuring of the world's two most dynamic and advanced economies. The military power of the Soviet Union has grown inexorably over the past decade, as have Moscow's deployments in Asia of naval, air, and ground forces. These developments increase the need to strengthen and broaden the coordination of long-term US and Japanese strategic policy toward the Soviet Union and especially the US-Japan defense relationship within the context of the Mutual Security Treaty. The United States and Japan must remain sensitive to the increasing strains within the Soviet empire, while pursuing political, economic, and military policies toward the Soviet Union consistent with unified and firm resistance to Soviet expansionism. Of particular concern in providing for the joint defense of US and Japanese mutual interests is the need to expand Japan's role in such fields as surveillance, air defense, and anti-submarine warfare that contribute to the security of the Japanese home islands and the sea lanes in the waters surrounding Japan. Japanese and US leadership in militarily relevant fields of technology provide an important asset for needed improvements in their joint defense capabilities.

• Research Organization: Security Conference on Asia and the Pacific, Marina Del Rey, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-80PE70280
• OSTI ID: 6852236
• Report Number(s): DOE/PE/70280-T1; ON: DE84013523
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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