Oct 27, 2018 | China, News, Nixon Today
Guest post by J. Scott Shaffer Since the end of World War II, the United States has maintained a mutual cooperation treaty with Japan guaranteeing support for the defense of the island country. Throughout the last sixty years, the United States has maintained a large...
Oct 1, 2018 | Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vice President Nixon
Vice President Nixon addresses the American-Japan Society in Tokyo on November 15, 1953 (Richard Nixon Presidential Library). On November 15, 1953, then Vice President Nixon addressed the American-Japan Society in Tokyo. The speech emphasized the importance of...
Aug 23, 2018 | News, Nixon Today, Pat Nixon
Carl Anthony is guest curator of “Why They Wore It: The Politics and Pop Culture of First Ladies’ Fashion,” a special exhibit at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library Jonathan Movroydis: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us for another...
Aug 21, 2018 | Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Post-Presidential Years
President Nixon seated with Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa in Tokyo on April 6, 1993 (Richard Nixon Foundation). On April 21, 1993, former President Nixon — purely from memory and without notes — addressed former Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and...