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Ceremony in Okinawa to Commemorate 80th Anniversary of Battle of Okinawa

  • August 16, 2025
  • Asia-Pacific

U.S. Navy and local Okinawans have lit candles on the eve of Okinawa Memorial Day to commemorate the dead from the Battle of Okinawa. This event reflects on the horrors of war and the importance of peace both to U.S.…

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Visiting Iwo Jima with Japan’s Prime Minister

  • July 29, 2025
  • Asia-Pacific

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Iwo Jima with Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru to commemorate Battle of Iwo Jima and paid tribute to all the lost soldiers. The joint visit highlighted the shared “warrior ethos’ between both nations…

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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 — 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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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 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 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 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 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 21, 2015 – “Japan’s Abe Invited to Address Joint Session of US Congress” (The Diplomat)

  • March 25, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been formally invited to address a joint session of Congress when he travels to Washington DC this April, AFP reports.”

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March 14, 2015 – Commentary: “Indonesian preview for pending Abe statement?” (Japan Times)

  • March 20, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

Commentary by Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan. “Next month Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attend the 60th commemoration of the 1955 Bandung Conference of Asian and African leaders in Jakarta… There are other reasons why Abe’s participation…

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March 13, 2015 – “After the ISIS murders, Japan seeks to end its military impotence” (Daily Star Lebanon)

  • March 20, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

Presumably democratic governments have at times used states of emergency or “states of exception” (see Giorgio Agamben’s work) in order to ramp up militarily assertive rhetoric, and to claim the right or necessity to suspend or modify existing legal boundaries in order to increase their power.…

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Feb. 22, 2015 – “Tokyo, Washington arranging for Abe to address U.S. Congress in spring” (Japan Times)

  • March 4, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Tokyo and Washington are in final preparations for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to address Congress during a visit to the United States this spring, a Japanese government official said Saturday. Arrangements are well underway for Abe to speak before a joint…

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Joint Press Conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan

  • April 24, 2014
  • Japan

Click here to view the official White House transcript of the April 24th, 2014 Joint Press Conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Abe. In this press conference, the two leaders commented on the issue of disputed territory and President Obama…

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