Tag: Japan

The names of the sailors who died in the Philippine Sea - Lt. Steven Combs (pictured above), Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Matthew Chialastri, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Bryan Grosso - were made public after the Navy notified their families, according to a 7th Fleet statement on Saturday. (image courtesy of the U.S. Navy)

Navy identifies 3 sailors lost in Philippine Sea plane crash

Kimberly Leonard · November 25, 2017 3:48 pm

A Navy C-2A Greyhound carrying 11 passengers and crew crashed into the Philippine Sea on Friday. Eight people have been recovered. (Navy photo)

National Security

Navy C-2 aircraft crashes with 11 on board in the Philippine Sea

David Brown · November 22, 2017 10:42 am

In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at a train station in Seoul, South Korea. Trump's recent trip to Asia and his designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, unfortunately, reveal either an inability or disinclination to conduct foreign policy in this manner. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s declaration of North Korea as a state sponsor of terror is just another in a long line of policy flip-flops

Erik Goepner, A. Trevor Thrall · November 20, 2017 8:09 pm

A Japanese driver's damaged vehicle is placed at a police station in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017. Police on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa are investigating a fatal traffic accident that occurred Sunday when a truck driven by a U.S. Marine collided with the small truck at an intersection, killing the Japanese driver of the other vehicle. (Kazuki Sawada/Kyodo News via AP)

National Security

All American service members in Japan banned from buying or drinking alcohol after crash kills man on Okinawa

Kyle Feldscher · November 20, 2017 3:01 am

The U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet said a Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benfold during a towing exercise in Sagami Bay on Saturday. (AP Photo/Borg Wong, File)

National Security

US Navy destroyer involved in collision with Japanese tug boat, sustains minor damage

Daniel Chaitin · November 18, 2017 7:28 pm

ACU Foundation Chairman Matt Schlapp (pictured above) said: "The time is right to explore how conservative principles and policies can counterbalance the aggression of China and North Korea. Chairman Jay Aeba and the Japanese Conservative Union have put together a timely and interesting program for this first international CPAC, and I look forward to co-hosting this exciting event with them." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

American Conservative Union announces ‘Japanese CPAC’ in Tokyo

Diana Stancy Correll · November 17, 2017 12:16 am

President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, ate a lunch of hamburgers from Munch's Burger Shack at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo. The cheeseburger Trump had is still drawing lines at the Tokyo burger joint. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Trump’s cheeseburger draws a crowd at Tokyo restaurant

Anna Giaritelli · November 16, 2017 1:29 pm

The United States' NAFTA fans are reluctant to talk about the trade deal in the past tense while the negotiations continue. The talks will go through December, and the trade association source noted that there's still time for the talks to get back on track even though negotiators are only now getting at "the hard issues."

Shadow hangs over upcoming round of NAFTA talks

Sean Higgins · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

The three aircraft carrier strike forces are training together until Tuesday. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Watch: 3 US aircraft carriers train together in the Western Pacific during Trump’s visit

Kyle Feldscher · November 12, 2017 1:50 pm

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and New Zealand Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker attended the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Vietnam Friday. (AP Photo/Na-Son Nguyen, Pool)

11 Pacific Rim countries say they informally reached trade agreement without US

Diana Stancy Correll · November 11, 2017 3:40 am

The last time President Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin was at the G-20 summit in July, during which Trump pressed the Russian leader about meddling in the U.S. election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Will a Trump, Putin meeting shake up Asia trip?

Sarah Bedford · November 10, 2017 3:41 am

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend at a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump crosses the line with praise of dictators

Washington Examiner · November 9, 2017 8:32 pm