China/Japan: U.S. Response to Crimea Worries Japan’s Leaders

Apr 5, 2014 | Helene Cooper and Martin Fackler, The New York Times
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TOKYO — When President Bill Clinton signed a 1994 agreement promising to “respect” the territorial integrity of Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, there was little thought then of how that obscure diplomatic pact — called the Budapest Memorandum — might affect the long-running defense partnership between the United States and Japan.