List of Japan articles
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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.
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TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 15: People protest outside the National Diet on June 15, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's controversial anti-conspiracy bill, to crack down on people planning terrorism and other organised crimes, is under debate in the upper house while there are concerns that it threatens civil rights. Prime Minister Abe's LDP and its allies have a two-thirds majority in both the upper house, and the lower house, where the bill was passed in late May. (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images) Japan Just Passed a ‘Brutal,’ ‘Defective’ Anti-Terror Law
It’s the latest country accused of sacrificing civil liberties in the fight against terrorism.
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Task_Force_38_off_the_coast_of_Japan_1945 China Won’t Hand the U.S. Navy Victory Like Japan Did
America should celebrate the anniversary of the heroic victory at Midway, but realize the next Pacific war won't be so easy.
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(L-R) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures next to US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of of Hungary Viktor Orban during a family picture during the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on May 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Danny GYS (Photo credit should read DANNY GYS/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Is Playing the International Strategy Game Like a Novice Among Experts
An “America first” policy risks leaving America alone.
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mako The Princess Bride: Japanese Princess to Marry a Commoner
Japan’s latest royal wedding once again raises questions on the future of imperial succession.
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis (C) talks with a German (R) and a Lithuanian soldier as he meets with US troops deployed in Lithuania, with representatives of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, and with soldiers of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battlegroup in Lithuania at the General Silvestras ukauskas Training Area in Pabrad? on May 10, 2017. US Defence Secretary James Mattis holds talks with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and defence ministers from the trio of Baltic NATO states where the alliance is deploying battle groups for the first time as tripwires against possible Russian adventurism. / AFP PHOTO / Petras Malukas (Photo credit should read PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump Offers New Story on Comey Firing; President Confuses the Navy, Conjures F-35 Mission Over Tokyo; More Afghan Trouble
Mattis Supports Turkey; Russia Buzzes U.S. Spy Plane; Germany Careful About Increasing ISIS Fight
