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Independence of Japan

Japan · Government / Government of Japan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1995

Tomiichi Murayama4 September 1995

Government / Government of Japan

Japanese-American relations are strained after the rape of a 12 yr schoolgirl by two US marines and a sailor, citing the end of the cold war, critics question the need to keep 45,000 US troops in Japan

Names involved

Tomiichi Murayama

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