A Note to Our Readers: The Journal of American-East Asian Relations and American-East Asian Relations.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the relation between the U.S. and East Asia and the history of the journal "The Journal of American-East Asian Relations." It provides a brief historical overview on how the journal was established, in which it mentions that the American Historical Association has established a Committee on American-East Asian Relations to cover the issues in Asia during the 1960s. It states that Ernest R. May from Harvard University has led the committee of the "American-East Asian Relations" as chairman during the 1960s, followed by Kira Iriye and James C. Thomson, Jr. Furthermore, it says the first issue of the journal was published in the spring of 1992 under founding editor Michael A. Barnhart.