(2021-0715-F) Meeting of Clinton and Hashimoto

The materials in FOIA 2021-0715-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto met the day before the G-7 plus 1 Summit in Denver, Colorado on June 19, 1997. Both the Prime Minister and the President arrived early on the 19th for the summit that began on June 20. The meeting was brief, approximately 30 minutes. Records opened in this collection are from the NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System. Open records are scheduling requests, press summaries, cover letters, and administrative paperwork. The collection dates May 1997 to July 1997. Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto was the 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan. He took office January 11, 1996, and served until his resignation on July 30, 1998, when the Liberal Democratic Party lost its majority rule of the Diet. He was born in Soja, Okayama on July 29, 1937, and graduated with a degree in Political Science from Keio University in 1960. In 1963, Hashimoto was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan, and he rose quickly through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party. Immediately prior to taking office as Prime Minister Hashimoto served as both the Minister of Finance and the Minister of International Trade and Industry. After resigning from office in 1998, Hashimoto remained active in politics and was even considered as a candidate for Prime Minister in 2003. Hashimoto retired from politics following a scandal in 2004 and in July 2006 he died at a Tokyo hospital.