Bill Clinton actually said...

This is already a period of change in Japan, and I would hope that that would be viewed with hope and not with fear by the Japanese people.

I was able to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to the security relationship that exists between our two nations.

The United States has no more important bilateral relationship than our relationship with Japan.

I hope we will have more trade, not less, more openness, more growth, and more jobs in both Japan and the United States.