[19971211]97-1050_日美关系：CRS研讨会的问题和展望结果.pdf

1This report draws in part on information presented at a CRS-hosted seminar held onOctober 29, 1997. This seminar was made possible in part by a grant from the Henry M. JacksonFoundation. It heard presentations on U.S.-Japan economic issues by Tetsuo Kondo, formerMinister in the Japanese Economic Planning Agency, Osamu Nariai, Reitaku University, WilliamCooper, CRS, and Dick Nanto, CRS. It heard presentations on U.S.-Japan Security issues byAdmiral Michael McDevitt, Center for Analysis, Yoshihisa Komori, Editor-at-Large, SankeiShimbun, Richard Cronin, CRS, and Larry Niksch, CRS.2For background, see among others CRS Issue Brief 97004, Japan-U.S. Relations: Issuesfor Congress in the 1990s.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web97-1050 FDecember 11, 1997Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues andOutlookFindings of a CRS SeminarRobert G. SutterSenior Specialist in International PoliticsForeign Affairs and National Defense DivisionSummaryA CRS seminar on current issues in U.S.-Japan relations focused on salienteconomic and security difficulties affecting the generally cooperative U.S.-Japanalliance relationship.1 On economic questio