Special Feature 1 Defense Chronology Japan-US Alliance/Defense Dialogue 60th Anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Alliance January 2020 [Website of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan] Prime Minister Abe, photo shoot with Ms. Mary Eisenhower, granddaughter of former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower [Website of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan] 2020 marked the 60th anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Alliance. “Today, more than ever, the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is a pillar that is indestructible, a pillar immovable, safeguarding peace in Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and in the world, while assuring prosperity therein,” Prime Minister Abe said in his speech at a reception to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Security Treaty, which was held on January 19 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Iikura Guest House. The Prime Minister expressed his determination to continue working to enhance the Alliance, saying, “it is incumbent upon us to make it even more robust, to make it a pillar for safeguarding peace and security in both outer space and cyberspace. Let us keep and enhance [the Alliance], ... to make it a pillar safeguarding freedom, liberty, democracy, human rights and the rule of law ... sixty years, one hundred years down the road.” [Jiji] [Website of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan] 9 DEFENSE OF JAPAN 2020 Possessed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs