03/09/1997
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"I hope we will have more trade, not less, more openness, more growth, and more jobs in both Japan and the United States."
"The United States has no intention at this moment or in the future of weakening its security ties in the Pacific, not to Japan, not to South Korea."
"I have invested a lot in both the change and the continuity because I think they are terribly important."
"We think it is in the interest of both countries for that to happen."