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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military.

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U.S. documents on Japan-China island row

WASHINGTON, United States - Undated photo shows photocopies of classified U.S. government documents in 1972 referring to the relation between the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty and the issue of sovereignty of the islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea.

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Ministry viewed nukes entry into Japan as effective deterrent in 1960s

TOKYO, Japan - Diplomatic documents totaling 8,100 pages are unveiled to the media at the Diplomatic Record Office of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 7, 2010. The documents consist of eight files concerning the revision of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in 1960 and 29 files concerning the reversion of U.S.-occupied Okinawa to Japan in 1972.

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Japan, U.S. ships make port call for security pact anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, makes a port call at Tokyo's Harumi pier on June 26, 2010, to mark the 50th anniversary this month of the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty entering into force. During the port call, 7th Fleet Commander John Bird is inviting Japanese and American guests to commemorative events aboard the U.S. vessel.

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Nobel laureate Oe calls for reducing U.S. bases in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzaburo Oe, the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature, speaks at a meeting of the (Constitution) Article 9 Association in Tokyo on June 19, 2010, with a photo of the late popular playwright Hisashi Inoue hanging above him. The meeting was held on the 50th anniversary of the automatic enactment of the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty on June 19, 1960.

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Japan, U.S. vow to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. Kitazawa, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and their U.S. counterparts -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- issued a joint statement in which they pledged to build ''an unshakable Japan-U.S. alliance.''

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Japan, U.S. vow to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. Okada, Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and their U.S. counterparts -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- issued a joint statement in which they pledged to build ''an unshakable Japan-U.S. alliance.''

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Japan, U.S. mark 50th anniversary of signing of security treaty

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy hold a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the current security treaty between the two countries at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2010.

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Japan, U.S. mark 50th anniversary of signing of security treaty

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy hold a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the current security treaty between the two countries at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2010.

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Hatoyama hopes to resolve Futemma in time to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, one day before Japan and the United States commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of their revised security treaty. Hatoyama said the Japan-U.S. security alliance will not develop ''in a reliable manner'' without settling the issue of where to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Hatoyama hopes to resolve Futemma in time to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, one day before Japan and the United States commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of their revised security treaty. Hatoyama said the Japan-U.S. security alliance will not develop ''in a reliable manner'' without settling the issue of where to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Nobusuke Kishi

Born Nov. 13, 1896 in Yamaguchi Prefecture and deceased on Aug. 7, 1987. Kishi was a bureaucrat-turned politician who served as prime minister between 1957 and 1960. As a member of the cabinet of Hideki Tojo from 1941 to 1944, Kishi was in charge of Japan's economic mobilization in the war against the U.S. Though imprisoned by the occupation authorities as a class-A war criminal, he was released in 1948. As prime minister, Kishi signed the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in 1960. Kishi had great influence in Japan's conservative political community until he died at the age of 90. His younger brother Eisaku Sato also served as prime minister. (Photo was taken on Dec. 23, 1964)

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Japan, U.S. mark WWII peace treaty, security pact

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell during a ceremony in San Francisco on Sept. 8 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty.

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Nakatani, Wolfowitz drink toast at San Francisco meeting

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) and Japanese Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani prepare to drink a toast at a meeting at a San Francisco hotel on Sept. 7. They are in San Francisco to take part in events on Sept. 8 commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the San Francisco peace treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty.

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Defense chief Nakatani leaves for U.S., Indonesia, E. Timor

NARITA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Gen Nakatani prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 7 for the United States, Indonesia and East Timor. Nakatani is scheduled to attend ceremonies for the 50th anniversaries of the signings of the Treaty of Peace with Japan and the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in San Francisco on Sept. 8.

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Tanaka departs for U.S. for treaty anniversaries

NARITA, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka prepares to leave Narita airport for the United States on Sept. 7 to attend ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the signing of the San Francisco peace treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty.

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Defense chief Nakatani leaves for U.S., Indonesia, E. Timor

NARITA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Gen Nakatani prepares to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 7 for the United States, Indonesia and East Timor. Nakatani is scheduled to attend ceremonies for the 50th anniversaries of the signings of the Treaty of Peace with Japan and the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in San Francisco on Sept. 8.

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History in Japan

In 1960, the Kishi Cabinet forced a vote on the new Security Treaty, causing the public to lose faith in politics. Prime Minister Sato, who criticized the Ikeda cabinet for doubling income, also recorded the lowest approval rating. Prime Minister Tanaka's remodeling of the Japanese archipelago caused land prices to soar. The film shows a burnt-out field after the end of the war in August 1945, scenes of postwar trains and ships, the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, a woman crying while clinging to a corpse, soldiers marching, Nobusuke Kishi signing the new Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, the confusion in the Diet after a forced vote, clashes between police and protesters against the Security Treaty, a commemorative photo shoot for the inauguration of the Ikeda Cabinet, people seeking jobs, young people, and the outbreak of the Korean War.. shooting date unknown, release date: March 16, 1973.

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People on Security

Japan-U.S. Security Treaty revised, Socialist Party split, 100-billion-yen fighter jet. 　Prime Minister Kishi on a PR mission before the extraordinary Diet session, the UN Day parade, Kono's farewell party to the U.S., the Diet members' meeting, the Socialist Party's split into the Nishio faction and its own parliamentary activities, the debate over whether to use Lockheed or Grumman fighter jets, local people 　clapping their hands at reconstruction work in areas hit by the Self-Defense Forces disaster, the big autumn exercise in Miyagi Prefecture, Asanuma's speech at the extraordinary Diet session. Date of shooting unknown, release date: October 30, 1959.

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JCP leader Shii speaks at Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2015. He said the JCP can set aside its policy seeking the abolishment of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty if a coalition government with other opposition parties is formed to scrap the recently enacted security laws. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philosopher, pacifist Tsurumi dies at 93

File photo taken in June 1970 in Tokyo shows Shunsuke Tsurumi, a prominent philosopher and peace campaigner, removed by riot police as he sat outside a lawmakers' office building in protest against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. A liberal academic involved in protests against the Vietnam War and known as a supporter of the Constitution, Tsurumi was reported on July 24, 2015, to have died on July 20 at age 93. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Legacy of 1960 anti-security treaty movement still remains

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance writer Akiko Esashi, who has published the book ''Michiko Kamba -- Legend of a Sacred Girl,'' talks about her experiences during the 1960 anti-Japan-U.S. Security Treaty demonstrations in Yokohama on May 27, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Oe calls for reducing U.S. bases in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzaburo Oe, the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature, speaks at a meeting of the (Constitution) Article 9 Association in Tokyo on June 19, 2010, with a photo of the late popular playwright Hisashi Inoue hanging above him. The meeting was held on the 50th anniversary of the automatic enactment of the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty on June 19, 1960. (Kyodo)

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Biography revives memory of renowned editorialist

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Nobuyuki Ogasawara shows his latest book on renowned editorialist Teiichi Suda at the daily Hokkaido Shimbun in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2010. Suda was particularly known for his articles on matters related to the controversial revision of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in 1960. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. vow to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. Kitazawa, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and their U.S. counterparts -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- issued a joint statement in which they pledged to build ''an unshakable Japan-U.S. alliance.'' (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. vow to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. Okada, Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and their U.S. counterparts -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- issued a joint statement in which they pledged to build ''an unshakable Japan-U.S. alliance.'' (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama hopes to resolve Futemma in time to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, one day before Japan and the United States commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of their revised security treaty. Hatoyama said the Japan-U.S. security alliance will not develop ''in a reliable manner'' without settling the issue of where to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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U.S. documents on Japan-China island row

WASHINGTON, United States - Undated photo shows photocopies of classified U.S. government documents in 1972 referring to the relation between the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty and the issue of sovereignty of the islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea. (Kyodo)

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Ministry viewed nukes entry into Japan as effective deterrent in

TOKYO, Japan - Diplomatic documents totaling 8,100 pages are unveiled to the media at the Diplomatic Record Office of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 7, 2010. The documents consist of eight files concerning the revision of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in 1960 and 29 files concerning the reversion of U.S.-occupied Okinawa to Japan in 1972. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. ships make port call for security pact anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet, makes a port call at Tokyo's Harumi pier on June 26, 2010, to mark the 50th anniversary this month of the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty entering into force. During the port call, 7th Fleet Commander John Bird is inviting Japanese and American guests to commemorative events aboard the U.S. vessel. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. mark 50th anniversary of signing of security treaty

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy hold a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the current security treaty between the two countries at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama hopes to resolve Futemma in time to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2010, one day before Japan and the United States commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of their revised security treaty. Hatoyama said the Japan-U.S. security alliance will not develop ''in a reliable manner'' without settling the issue of where to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. mark 50th anniversary of signing of security treaty

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy hold a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the current security treaty between the two countries at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa

Photo shows U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa on June 22, 2020, a day before the 60th anniversary of the enforcement of the revised Japan-U.S. security treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa

Photo shows U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa on June 22, 2020, a day before the 60th anniversary of the enforcement of the revised Japan-U.S. security treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa

Photo shows U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa on June 22, 2020, a day before the 60th anniversary of the enforcement of the revised Japan-U.S. security treaty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-U.S. security treaty document

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2020, at a facility which stores historic diplomatic documents at the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Iikura guest house in Tokyo shows the ratification document of the Japan-U.S. security treaty, the signing of which marked its 60th anniversary the same day. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-U.S. security treaty document

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2020, at a facility which stores historic diplomatic documents at the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Iikura guest house in Tokyo shows the Japan-U.S. security treaty, the signing of which marked its 60th anniversary the same day. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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60th anniv. of signing of Japan-U.S. security treaty

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C, L) and Mary Eisenhower (C, R), granddaughter of former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, open a barrel of sake during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2020. The treaty was signed in 1960 by the governments of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi -- Abe's grandfather -- and President Eisenhower. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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60th anniv. of signing of Japan-U.S. security treaty

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Mary Eisenhower (C), granddaughter of former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, are pictured before attending a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2020. The treaty was signed in 1960 by the governments of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi -- Abe's grandfather -- and President Eisenhower. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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60th anniv. of signing of Japan-U.S. security treaty

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mary Eisenhower, granddaughter of former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, are pictured before attending a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2020. The treaty was signed in 1960 by the governments of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi -- Abe's grandfather -- and President Eisenhower. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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60th anniv. of signing of Japan-U.S. security treaty

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (5th from L in front row), Mary Eisenhower (4th from L), granddaughter of former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and others pose for a photo before attending a ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2020, to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The treaty was signed in 1960 by the governments of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi -- Abe's grandfather -- and President Eisenhower. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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60th anniv. of signing of Japan-U.S. security treaty

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2020. The treaty was signed in 1960 by the governments of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi -- Abe's grandfather -- and President Eisenhower. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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60th anniv. of signing of Japan-U.S. security treaty

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) and Mary Eisenhower, granddaughter of former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, are pictured before attending a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2020. The treaty was signed in 1960 by the governments of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi -- Abe's grandfather -- and President Eisenhower. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. mark WWII peace treaty, security pact

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell during a ceremony in San Francisco on Sept. 8 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty.

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Nakatani, Wolfowitz drink toast at San Francisco meeting

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) and Japanese Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani prepare to drink a toast at a meeting at a San Francisco hotel on Sept. 7. They are in San Francisco to take part in events on Sept. 8 commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the San Francisco peace treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty.

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Tanaka departs for U.S. for treaty anniversaries

NARITA, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka prepares to leave Narita airport for the United States on Sept. 7 to attend ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the signing of the San Francisco peace treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty.

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Nobusuke Kishi

Born Nov. 13, 1896 in Yamaguchi Prefecture and deceased on Aug. 7, 1987. Kishi was a bureaucrat-turned politician who served as prime minister between 1957 and 1960. As a member of the cabinet of Hideki Tojo from 1941 to 1944, Kishi was in charge of Japan's economic mobilization in the war against the U.S. Though imprisoned by the occupation authorities as a class-A war criminal, he was released in 1948. As prime minister, Kishi signed the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in 1960. Kishi had great influence in Japan's conservative political community until he died at the age of 90. His younger brother Eisaku Sato also served as prime minister. (Photo was taken on Dec. 23, 1964)