President
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Dates
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Countries
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Locations
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Key details
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
[1]
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December 2–5, 1952
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South Korea
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Seoul
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Visit to
Korean combat zone. (Visit made as President-elect.)
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June 18–19, 1960
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Taiwan
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Taipei
|
State visit. Met with
President
Chiang Kai-shek
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June 19–20, 1960
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South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Met with Prime Minister
Heo Jeong. Addressed the
National Assembly.
|
Lyndon B. Johnson
[2]
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October 31 – November 2, 1966
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South Korea
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Seoul,
Suwon
|
State visit. Met with President
Park Chung-hee and Prime Minister
Chung Il-kwon. Addressed National Assembly.
|
Richard Nixon
[3]
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February 21–28, 1972
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China
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Shanghai,
Beijing,
Hangzhou
|
State Visit. Met with Party Chairman
Mao Zedong and Premier
Zhou Enlai.
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Gerald Ford
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November 19–22, 1974
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Japan
|
Tokyo,
Kyoto
|
State visit. Met with Prime Minister
Kakuei Tanaka.
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November 22–23, 1974
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South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Met with President Park Chung-hee.
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December 1–5, 1975
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China
|
Peking
|
Official visit. Met with Party Chairman Mao Zedong and Vice Premier
Deng Xiaoping
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Jimmy Carter
[4]
|
June 25–29, 1979
|
Japan
|
Tokyo,
Shimoda
|
State visit; met with Emperor
Hirohito and Prime Minister
Masayoshi Ōhira. Attended the
5th G7 summit.
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June 29 – July 1, 1979
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South Korea
|
Seoul
|
State visit. Met with President Park Chung-hee and Prime Minister
Choi Kyu-hah.
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July 9–10, 1980
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Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Official visit; attended memorial services for former Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira; met with Emperor Hirohito, President
Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh, Prime Minister
Malcolm Fraser of Australia, Prime Minister
Prem Tinsulanonda of Thailand, and Premier
Hua Guofeng of China.
|
Ronald Reagan
[5]
|
November 9–12, 1983
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
State visit; met with Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister
Yasuhiro Nakasone and addressed the
National Diet.
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November 12–14, 1983
|
South Korea
|
Seoul, Demilitarized Zone
|
State visit. Met with President
Chun Doo-hwan. Addressed the National Assembly and visited U.S. troops.
|
April 26 – May 1, 1984
|
China
|
Beijing,
Xi'an,
Shanghai
|
State visit. Met with President
Li Xiannian and Premier
Zhao Ziyang.
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May 2–7, 1986
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Attended the
12th G7 summit.
|
George H. W. Bush
[6]
|
February 23–25, 1989
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Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Attended the funeral of Emperor Hirohito. Met with Emperor
Akihito, the kings of Belgium, Jordan and Spain, the presidents of Brazil, Egypt, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Israel, Italy, Nigeria, the Philippines, Portugal and Zaire, and the prime ministers of Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey.
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February 25–27, 1989
|
China
|
Beijing
|
Met with President
Yang Shangkun and Premier
Li Peng. Also met with Prince
Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
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February 27, 1989
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Official visit. Addressed the National Assembly.
|
January 5–7, 1992
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Met with President
Roh Tae-woo and senior Korean officials. Also signed a science and technology agreement, addressed the National Assembly, and visited U.S. military personnel.
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January 7–10, 1992
|
Japan
|
Kyoto,
Kashihara, Tokyo
|
Met with Emperor Akihito, Prime Minister
Kiichi Miyazawa and senior Japanese officials.
|
Bill Clinton
[7]
|
July 6–10, 1993
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Attended the
19th G7 summit. Met with Russian President
Boris Yeltsin.
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July 10–11, 1993
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Met with President
Kim Young-sam. Addressed the National Assembly. Visited U.S. military personnel.
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April 15–16, 1996
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Cheju Island
|
Met with President Kim Young-sam. Proposed four-nation peace talks.
|
April 16–18, 1996
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Japan
|
Tokyo
|
State visit. Issued joint statement on
U.S.-Japanese security relations. Addressed the
Diet and
U.S. Navy personnel.
|
June 24 – July 3, 1998
|
China
|
Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai,
Guilin, Hong Kong
|
State visit. Met with President
Jiang Zemin. Visited the
Forbidden City and the
Great Wall of China. Delivered a speech at
Peking University.
|
November 19–20, 1998
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister
Keizō Obuchi. Addressed
American Chamber of Commerce.
|
November 20–22, 1998
|
South Korea
|
Seoul,
Osan
|
Met with President
Kim Dae-jung. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
|
June 8, 2000
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Attended the funeral of former Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi.
|
July 21–23, 2000
|
Nago
|
Attended the
26th G8 summit.
|
George W. Bush
[8]
|
October 18–21, 2001
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China
|
Shanghai
|
Attended the
APEC Summit.
|
February 16–19, 2002
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Met with Emperor
Akihito and Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi. Addressed the Diet.
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February 19–21, 2002
|
South Korea
|
Seoul,
Dorasan,
Osan
|
Met with President
Kim Dae-jung. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
|
February 21–22, 2002
|
China
|
Beijing
|
Met with President
Jiang Zemin and Premier
Zhu Rongji.
|
October 17–18, 2003
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
|
November 15–16, 2005
|
Kyoto
|
Met with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
|
November 16–20, 2005
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South Korea
|
Pusan,
Gyeongju, Osan
|
Attended the
APEC Summit. Met with Russian President
Vladimir Putin. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
|
November 20–21, 2005
|
China
|
Beijing
|
Met with President
Hu Jintao and Premier
Wen Jiabao.
|
November 21, 2005
|
Mongolia
|
Ulaanbaatar
|
Met with President
Nambaryn Enkhbayar and Prime Minister
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.
|
July 6–9, 2008
|
Japan
|
Tōyako
|
Attended the
34th G8 summit. Met with Tanzanian President
Jakaya Kikwete, Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, Chinese President Hu Jintao and South Korean President
Lee Myung-bak.
|
August 5–6, 2008
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Addressed U.S. military personnel.
|
August 7–11, 2008
|
China
|
Beijing
|
Attended the
opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics. Met with President Hu Jintao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
|
Barack Obama
[9]
|
November 13–14, 2009
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Met with Emperor
Akihito and Prime Minister
Yukio Hatoyama.
|
November 15–18, 2009
|
China
|
Shanghai,
Beijing
|
Met with Shanghai Party Secretary
Yu Zhengsheng and Mayor
Han Zheng; also took part in a
town hall meeting with Shanghai students. Met with President Hu Jintao, NPC Chairman
Wu Bangguo and Premier
Wen Jiabao. Visited the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China.
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November 18–19, 2009
|
South Korea
|
Seoul,
Osan
|
Met with President
Lee Myung-bak. Visited with U.S. troops at
Osan Air Base.
|
November 10–12, 2010
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Attended the
G-20 Summit. Met with President Lee Myung-bak.
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November 12–14, 2010
|
Japan
|
Yokohama,
Kamakura
|
Attended the
APEC Summit. Met with Prime Minister
Naoto Kan.
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March 25–27, 2012
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Attended the
Nuclear Security Summit. Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Visited the
Korean Demilitarized Zone.
|
April 23–25, 2014
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister
Shinzō Abe.
|
April 25–26, 2014
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Met with President
Park Geun-hye. Visited with U.S. troops at Yongsan Garrison.
|
November 10–12, 2014
|
China
|
Beijing
|
Attended the
APEC Summit. Met with
President
Xi Jinping,
Premier
Li Keqiang and
NPC Chairman
Zhang Dejiang.
[10]
|
May 25–27, 2016
|
Japan
|
Shima,
Hiroshima
|
Attended the
42nd G7 summit. Visited the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
|
September 3–6, 2016
|
China
|
Hangzhou
|
Attended the
G-20 Summit.
|
Donald Trump
|
November 5–7, 2017
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Met with Emperor
Akihito and Prime Minister
Shinzō Abe.
|
November 7–8, 2017
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Met with President
Moon Jae-in. Addressed the National Assembly.
|
November 8–10, 2017
|
China
|
Beijing
|
Met with President
Xi Jinping and Premier
Li Keqiang.
|
May 25–28, 2019
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
State visit. Met with Emperor
Naruhito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
|
June 27–29, 2019
|
Japan
|
Osaka
|
Attended the
G-20 Summit.
|
June 29–30, 2019
|
South Korea
|
Seoul,
Korean Demilitarized Zone
|
Met with President
Moon Jae-in. Visited the
Korean Demilitarized Zone. Attended the
Koreas–United States DMZ Summit with President Moon and North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un at the
Inter-Korean Freedom House on the southern side of the
Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Visited U.S. troops at
Osan Air Base.
|
June 30, 2019
|
North Korea
|
Joint Security Area
|
Briefly walked into the northern side of the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, accompanied by North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to enter North Korea.
|
Joe Biden
|
May 20–22, 2022
|
South Korea
|
Seoul
|
Met with President
Yoon Suk-yeol. Visited with U.S. troops at Yongsan Garrison.
|
May 22–24, 2022
|
Japan
|
Tokyo
|
Met with Emperor
Naruhito and Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida. Attended the
QUAD Leaders Summit with Prime Minister Kishida, Australian Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese, and Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
|
May 18–21, 2023
|
Japan
|
Hiroshima
|
Attended the
49th G7 summit.
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