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2023 Recap 2: Camp David U.S.-Japan-S. Korea Trilateral Summit

  • July 16, 2025
  • Asia-Pacific

U.S., Japan, and South Korea had a trilateral summit meeting in Camp David on August 18th, 2023. The meeting was primarily aimed to enhance trilateral military, economic, and regional coordination between three countries to reshape Northeast Asian security cooperation with…

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Nov. 13, 2020 — US to Defend Japanese Claims to Senkaku Islands (Various)

  • November 13, 2020
  • Asia-Pacific

Dong-a Ilbo: “U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had the first phone conversation at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday. In this 15-minute conversation, they pushed back against China citing the U.S.-Japan security treaty and relations between South…

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Nov. 8, 2020 — Why Were There so many Casualties on Iwo Jima Island in WWII? (The Mainichi)

  • November 8, 2020
  • Asia-Pacific

“The U.S. military landed on the island at the end of WWII on Feb. 19, 1945. Japanese military forces fought the Americans for more than a month, but the island became occupied by the U.S. About 21,900 Japanese soldiers and…

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Nov. 8, 2020 — Japanese abductees’ kin ask Biden to press issue with North Korea (Kyodo News)

  • November 8, 2020
  • Asia-Pacific

“Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea have called for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to fulfill the promises made by incumbent President Donald Trump in realizing the return of their loved ones.”

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Sept. 2, 2015 – “‘Indescribable’: Witness to the end of WWII” (CNN)

  • September 3, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“On the morning of September 2, 1945, Lt. Cmdr. James Starnes stood on the deck of the USS Missouri, surrounded by his fellow seamen, hundreds of Allied warships and the blue waters of Tokyo Bay.”

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August 8, 2015 – “Nebraskans for Peace reflect on 70th anniversary of atomic bombings” (JournalStar)

  • August 10, 2015
  • News & Opinions

It was the 32nd annual lantern float Nebraskans for Peace has held since a group of American peace workers, including one from Nebraskans for Peace, traveled to Japan in 1981 to discuss with the Japanese the dangers of the nuclear…

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April 15, 2015 – “For the U.S. and Japan, legacy of WWII is still painful” (Pew Research Center)

  • April 15, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Nearly a third of Americans cite World War II as the event that stands out when they think about relations between the United States and Japan, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. By contrast, only 17%…

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April 14, 2015 – “How Strong Is the U.S.-Japan Relationship?” (Foreign Policy)

  • April 15, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“The friendship between Washington and Tokyo has come a long way in 70 years, but a rising China could throw a wrench in the works.”

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April 7, 2015 – “Pew: Japan And U.S. Respect Each Other And Distrust China” (NPR)

  • April 15, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Today, most Americans say they’re pleased with the state of U.S.-Japan relations. In a new survey by the Pew Research Center, more than 8 in 10 Americans said they prefer that the two nations remain close or get closer. Three-quarters…

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April 14, 2015 – “US-Japan defence guidelines to specify islands’ defence: Paper” (Channel News Asia)

  • April 15, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Japan and the United States will likely include an explicit reference to defence of far-flung Japanese islands in an update of security cooperation guidelines amid concerns about China’s increasing military assertiveness, a Japanese newspaper reported.”

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April 9, 2015 – “China urges caution from U.S. on dispute with Japan” (Reuters)

  • April 15, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“China’s Foreign Ministry urged the United States on Thursday to act and speak cautiously after the U.S. defense chief repeated Washington’s opposition to any “coercive unilateral” actions by China over a group of islets disputed with Japan.”

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April 8, 2015 – “Defense Secretary Hails US-Japan Alliance” (Voice of America)

  • April 15, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Beginning his first Asia tour, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter laid out the U.S. commitment to Japanese security Wednesday in Tokyo, urging restraint in territorial disputes between Japan and China… “We don’t, as we frequently say, take a stand…

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April 11, 2015 – “The Enola Gay: A Minor Mystery, Solved!” (NYTimes)

  • April 11, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“In the 1980s, the Smithsonian began restoring the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. By then it was a complete mess. Over the years it had been disassembled, spread across multiple buildings, birds had nested…

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April 9, 2015 – “World War II foes US, Japan express support for PHL” (GMA News)

  • April 11, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“The United States and Japan, bitter enemies in World War II more than 70 years ago, both expressed support on Thursday for the Philippines and regional security in the Pacific as recently published images showed Chinese reclamation activities in the…

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April 7, 2015 – “LETTER: To halt wars, draft children of lawmakers” (App.com)

  • April 11, 2015
  • News & Opinions

“I am a 91-year-young World War II veteran. Our great country has been involved in five wars since the end of World War II: the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the Iraq-Afghan War…” A U.S. veteran’s solution…

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April 7, 2015 – “Americans, Japanese: Mutual Respect 70 Years After the End of WWII” (Pew Research Center)

  • April 11, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“About two-thirds of Americans trust Japan a great deal or a fair amount and three-quarters of Japanese say they trust the United States, according to a new Pew Research Center survey…” And more polling results on mutual perceptions.

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April 6, 2015 – “American prisoners of war in Japan were used for live experiments during World War II” (Business Insider)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“A university museum in Japan has broken a seven-decade taboo on discussing the dissection of live US prisoners of war by medical personnel towards the end of the Second World War.”

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April 5, 2015 – “Thousands Visit Trinity on Anniversary of Bomb Explosion” (ABC News)

  • April 10, 2015
  • News & Opinions

“Thousands of visitors converged Saturday on the New Mexico site where the first nuclear bomb was detonated nearly 70 years ago.”

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April 3, 2015 – “U.S. Minority House Leader urges Japanese PM to apologize over comfort women” (Arirang)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Nancy Pelosi called for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for the Japanese military’s coercion of young Korean and other Asian women into sexual slavery during World War II.”

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April 1, 2015 – “Japan PM Abe to craft war history comments with eye on U.S.” (Reuters)

  • April 10, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses Japan’s wartime past in a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the reaction of ally Washington will likely be as much, if not more, on his mind than…

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March 28, 2015 – “China’s latest power play comes at the expense of America” (The Week)

  • April 3, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“”Historians may record March 2015 as the moment when China’s checkbook diplomacy came of age,” said Paul Taylor and William James at Reuters. Beijing has spent several years trying to persuade Western nations to join its Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB),…

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March 27, 2015 – “Government looks to end taboo on military research” (University World News)

  • April 3, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Japan’s military is prying open long-closed doors at university research labs, boosting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s US-backed effort to cast off some of the country’s pacifist constraints, write Eric Pfanner and Chieko Tsuneoka for The Wall Street Journal.”

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March 27, 2015 – “Japan’s Shinzo Abe describes alliance with U.S. ‘unshakable'” (UPI)

  • April 3, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he holds the “fullest confidence” in President Obama and the U.S.-Japan alliance remains “unshakable,” providing a prelude to his state visit to Washington in April.”

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March 27, 2015 – “Ruling Supports Glendale in Dispute Over Monument” (Rafu Shimpo)

  • April 3, 2015
  • Memorials & Exhibitions

“A judge has issued a tentative ruling in support of the City of Glendale, which has been sued for placing a “comfort women” monument in Central Park.”

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