List of Japan articles
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ELIZABETH, NJ - OCTOBER 03: A Homeland Security ship patrols the harbor at Port Newark October 03, 2006 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. As part of a new port security bill recently passed by Congress the federal government will spend $3.4 billion by 2011 to improve security at 22 major U.S. ports. With the new federal legislation, by mid-2008, about 11 million containers, or 98 percent of the cargo entering the United States, will be scanned for radiation and explosives. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wants to Make Ex-Im Bank Great Again
But Trump’s pick to run the bank wants it killed dead.
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: President Donald Trump speaks to world leaders at the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 19, 2017 in New York City. This is Trump's first appearance at the General Assembly where he addressed threats from Iran and North Korea among other global concerns. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Trump’s Belligerent Talk on North Korea Rattles Turtle Bay
Talk of “destroying” Pyongyang has unsettled what was near-unanimity in reining in the Hermit Kingdom.
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SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 28: (TURKEY OUT) Kurdish refugee children from the Syrian town of Kobani look on near makeshift tents in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 28, 2014. Kurdish fighters, supported by US-led air strikes, have fended off the Islamic State militants offensive into the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani for the last 44 days but remain ill equipped and short on ammunition. (Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images) Millions Said To Be Missing in Pledged Donations to Syrian Refugee Education
Only a fraction of promised international aid has reached Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon, a rights group says.
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Pedestrians watch the news on a huge screen displaying a map of Japan (R) and the Korean Peninsula, in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, following a North Korean missile test that passed over Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on August 29 that he and US President Donald Trump agreed to hike pressure on North Korea after it launched a ballistic missile over Japan, in Pyongyang's most serious provocation in years. / AFP PHOTO / Toshifumi KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Tests Are Aimed at Splitting Its Rivals
Can Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. stand firm against Pyongyang's efforts to drive wedges among them?
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GOTEMBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 24: A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Type 74 battle tank fires ammunition during a live-fire exercise at the foot of Mount Fuji in the Hataoka district of the East Fuji Maneuver Area on August 24, 2017 in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan. The four-day annual live-fire drill takes place amid rising tensions between North Korean and United States. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) Japan’s Empty Menu of Options to Stop North Korea
Hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems to have few choices save strong words of condemnation for the Kim regime’s missile tests. But he’s working the long game.
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CHANGI NAVAL BASE, SINGAPORE: In this released U.S. Navy handout, damage to the portside is visible as the Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) steers towards Changi Naval Base, Republic of Singapore, following a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Aug. 21. Significant damage to the hull resulted in flooding to nearby compartments, including crew berthing, machinery, and communications rooms. Damage control efforts by the crew halted further flooding. The incident will be investigated. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Fulton/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) U.S. Navy Pauses After Losing Two Guided Missile Destroyers in Pacific
After several accidents and collisions this year, the Navy is trying to figure out what is going on.
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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 17: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (2ndR), Defense Secretary James Mattis (R), shake hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (2ndL) and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L), during a meeting of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee at the State Department, on August 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Tokyo and Washington Have Another Nuclear Problem
There’s a plutonium arms race brewing in East Asia that could see China, Japan, and South Korea with the capability to make tens of thousands of nuclear weapons.
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine General Joseph Dunford holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, May 19, 2017. Pentagon chief Jim Mattis stressed Thursday that America is not getting more involved in Syria's civil war, after the US-led coalition struck a pro-regime convoy heading for a remote garrison. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) -
TOPSHOT - Damage is seen on the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald off the Shimoda coast, after it collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship, on June 17, 2017. Seven US sailors were missing and a skipper injured after their Navy destroyer collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan early on June 17, with the badly damaged US vessel partially flooded. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / STR / Japan OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) USS Fitzgerald Investigation Puts Navy at Fault for Deadly Collision
An initial probe finds that the ship’s crew “should have spoken up” earlier.
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i400_2 Why didn’t Japanese subs raid U.S. West Coast shipping during World War II?
That thought occurred to me the other day whilst reading about Japanese operations during the war.
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GettyImages-809602416 As America Retreats, the World Moves Forward on Trade
American companies might not feel it yet, but they’re already falling behind their foreign competitors.
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GettyImages-680803832 Japanese Retail Giant to Stop Selling Ivory
But without a significant turnaround, elephants could be on their way to extinction.
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TWINSBURG, OH - AUGUST 3: Twins Gabriella and Isabella Belsito, 7-mos-old, prepare to take part in the Double Take Parade August 3, 2002 at the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images) Here’s Who Will Lament — and Celebrate — the Plummeting U.S. Birth Rate
There’s nothing like a good population crisis to stir up civilizational angst.
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Lee Jae-Yong (C), the vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, is escorted by prison guards as he arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for his trial in Seoul on April 13, 2017. Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong attended second trial appearance over involvement in a corruption scandal that led to the ouster of former South Korean president Park Geun-Hye. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) The Knives Are Out for South Korea’s Robber Barons
Business clans have dominated the country's economy for decades — but their time may finally be up.
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trumped allies Not Dazed, but Definitely Confused: Allies Struggle to Divine U.S. Policy
On trade, climate, foreign aid, and more, America’s allies wonder what U.S. policy is — and who, if anyone, can take America’s place.
