Australia is a longtime ally of the United States, and the two have a mutual security treaty signed in 1954.

The Diet next approves a mutual security treaty with the United States.

Eventually, a new United States-Japanese mutual security treaty was signed and ratified by both Governments and went into effect in 1960.

He cited Japan, South Korea and the Philippines, with which the United States has mutual security treaties.

Mr. Uno made a point of praising the Mutual Security Treaty between Japan and the United States.

In 1961, North Korea concluded formal mutual security treaties with the Soviet Union (inherited by Russia) and China, which have not been formally ended.

Washington's system of bilateral mutual security treaties with Japan, South Korea and the Philippines were formulated with a monolithic Communist enemy in mind.

It indeed pushed the US to conclude a mutual security treaty with the ROC since they did not want the Communists to take over the island.

However, in 1960, he resigned from the LDP due to his objections to the ratification of the US-Japan mutual security treaty.

That November, Kishi laid down his proposals for a revamped extension of the US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty.

According to a 2007 Okinawa Times poll, 73.4% of Japanese citizens appreciated the mutual security treaty with the U.S. and the presence of the USFJ.

All postwar Japanese governments have relied on a close relationship with the United States as the foundation of their foreign policy and have depended on the mutual security treaty for strategic protection.

When the Occupation formally ended in 1952 following the conclusion of the San Francisco Peace Treaty the previous year, a Mutual Security Treaty between the two countries also came into force.

Both nations are signatories of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (the Rio Treaty) of 1947, the Western Hemisphere's regional mutual security treaty.

The United States is allied with 15 nations in Europe, plus Canada, in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and with Japan and South Korea by separate mutual security treaties.

The presence of American forces in South Korea lends credibility to our defense commitment, while their removal would significantly diminish the deterrent value of our mutual security treaty, thereby increasing the chances of war.

France and Comoros signed a mutual security treaty in 1978; following the mercenary coup against Abdallah in 1989, French troops restored order and took responsibility for reorganizing and training the Comorian army.

As a result of the concentrated US military presence in Okinawa, the prefecture has become a focal point of political debate over the mutual security treaty which is the cornerstone of Japanese foreign policy.

The United States, which has 40,000 soldiers in South Korea, has a mutual security treaty that requires the United States to render military assistance in the event South Korea comes under attack.

The visiting members of the Japanese Communist Party found a telegram referring explicitly to the accord, a "transit agreement" that was appended as a top-secret document to the 1960 United States-Japan mutual security treaty.

On September 8, 1951, the United States and Japan already signed the Mutual Security Treaty, which stationed U.S. troops on Japanese soil for the defense of Japan following the eruption of the Korean War.

While 73.4% of Japanese citizens appreciate the mutual security treaty with the U.S. and the presence of the USFJ, a portion of the population demand a reduction in the number of U.S. military bases in the region.

Earlier in the day, Mr. Quayle met Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and told him that the three-decade-old Mutual Security Treaty, the backbone of the Japanese-American alliance after World War II, was "not just a piece of paper."

Finally, the article notes that Japanese newspapers are questioning the commitment and ability of the United States to defend Japan under provisions of the mutual security treaty of 1960, and are asking whether it is in Japan's interest to be so closely tied to the United States.