Russia's War Against Ukraine
Helene Cooper and Martin Fackler: US response to Crimea worries Japan’s leaders
TOKYO — When President Bill Clinton signed a 1994 agreement promising to "respect" the territorial integrity of Ukraine if it gave up its nuclear weapons, there was little thought then of how that obscure diplomatic pact — called the Budapest Memorandum — might affect the long-running defense partnership between the United States and Japan.
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