30+ Years of Freedom of Information Action

About this Project

The Archive’s project on U.S.-Japan relations began in 1993 and worked to secure declassification of key documents that shed light on U.S. policies toward and relations with Japan between the Kennedy and Clinton administrations. The project focused on diplomatic, security and economic relations between the two countries and produced three document sets, with the last set published in 2012.

Project Director

Dr. Robert A. Wampler has been with the Archive since 1993. In addition to the Japan Project, he directed the project on U.S.-Korean relations and currently also directs projects on climate change diplomacy, the United States and the Tibet issue since the 1970s, and the history of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. He has also contributed to Archive projects on NATO and Henry Kissinger. Dr. Wampler received his doctorate in History at Harvard University, where he worked with the late Ernest R. May, who was a member of the Archive’s Advisory Board.

Blog Posts

Gina Haspel Torture Cable Newly Released in NSArchive FOIA Suit Shows Mistaken Belief Detainee Had Imminent Attack Information: FRINFORMSUM 10/18/2018

Oct 18, 2018

Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, Part III, 1961-2000

Jun 29, 2012

The U.S.-Japan Project:

Featured Posting

Okinawa: Perennial Flashpoint in the U.S.-Japan Alliance

Washington D.C., October 16, 2018 – Recent news reports out of Okinawa underscore the extent to which the long-standing U.S. military presence on the island is a perennial source...

Oct 16, 2018