This record contains summaries of: (1) the tête-à-tête meeting between President Clinton and Prime Minister Mizazawa; (2) a small group meeting involving the President and Prime Minister, as well as several senior members of the US and Japanese cabinets; and (3) an expanded working lunch. Topics of discussion included U.S.-Japan strategic and economic relations, climate change, the Uruguay Round, policies towards Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Haiti, and China, and Japan's status at the United Nations. Various portions of the document were withheld, including an entire section on North Korea.

Ichirō Kōno, the Japanese Minister of Agriculture, raises questions about the normalization of relations between the Soviet Union and Japan. Issues that must be addressed prior to this happening include disputes over fishing rights and the transfer of the islands of Habomai and Shikotan to Japan.

Report on followings: UN membership issue and its reaction in Japan, Japan's groundwork on atoms-for-peace

Report on Japanese UN application being turned down, visit to the US embassy by Japanese Diet members, press reports, Kim's prediction on the US stance on Korea-Japan issue, his reluctance in using Ambassador Allison's name officially

Report on followings: Japan and UN Membership, Japan's population problem, Japanese reaction on Korean Joint Chief of Staff Statement

Report on followings: Japanese politics and UN membership issues

Report on followings: Japan's inclusion on Scientific Committee of the UN, Japanese politics and Balance of Payments, Burma-Japan Reparations

Yu briefs Syngman Rhee on illegal entrants from Korea to Japan, criticisms about Japan's policy toward Red China, and Japan's bid for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council.

Yu briefs Syngman Rhee on Japan's plan to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.

President Rhee asks Minister Kim to discuss Korea's admission to SEATO with other representatives from France, Philippines, and Thailand.