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Kareem El, a civilian from Washington, D.C., visiting Okinawa, was held by U.S. military police for declining to provide identification.
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Japan’s Koizumi to head to Washington for defence talks amid China spat
By bno - Taipei Office Japan’s defence minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, is weighing a visit to Washington in mid-January for his first round of in-person talks with US counterpart Pete Hegseth since taking office in late October,
The United States is not expected to experience any tsunamis after a powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Dec. 8, officials said.
Tokyo asks US to be more vocal in its support after Beijing reacted furiously to prime minister’s comments about Taiwan
Great powers have always pursued their interests at the expense of smaller states, but the brazenness on display now is striking, says Patricia M Kim from the Brookings Institution.
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America’s Indo-Pacific Retreat Has Left Japan in a Bind
After Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi initiated a confrontation with China in November, she found to her surprise that the United States had no intention of backing her up.
In Japan, the giving of gifts between friends isn’t just a token of appreciation; it’s a solemn ceremony. So you know that when they do it on a national scale, the results are going to be impressive. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Japan announced ...
The timing of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rolling out a Japanese version of Washington’s Department of Government Efficiency could scarcely be worse: the same week the U.S. admitted the Elon Musk-helmed DOGE had been quietly shuttered after achieving virtually nothing.
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