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Japanese-American relations are strained

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1995

William Jefferson Bill Clinton4 September 1995

Government / Democratic Party Government

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

William Jefferson Bill Clinton

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