Tag: Japan

Buzz Aldrin wants ‘United Nations’ project to Mars

Paul Bedard · April 15, 2016 9:00 am

The White House on Wednesday left open the possibility that President Obama will stop in Hiroshima when he travels to Japan next month for the G-7 summit. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

White House leaves open chance of Obama visit to Hiroshima

Nicole Duran · April 12, 2016 7:48 pm

Japanese media have been asking about whether President Obama would visit the memorial at Hiroshima when Japan hosts the G7 summit in September. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Japan pressures Obama to visit Hiroshima

Pete Kasperowicz · April 11, 2016 6:27 pm

Kerry’s Premature Visit to Hiroshima

Lester Tenney · April 11, 2016 6:00 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Britain's foreign minister, Canada's foreign minister and E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs carry a wreath to offer at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. (Kyodo News via AP)

Kerry becomes first secretary of state to visit Hiroshima Memorial

Kelly Cohen · April 11, 2016 12:50 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits the Itsukushima Shrine during a cultural break from their G7 foreign ministers meetings in nearby Hiroshima. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Kerry will not apologize for U.S. dropping nuclear bomb during Hiroshima visit

Kyle Feldscher · April 10, 2016 6:20 pm

Why the Comfort Women Issue Isn’t Going Away

Ethan Epstein · April 5, 2016 12:48 pm

Such proposals "tell us that the person who made the statements doesn't know much about foreign policy, or nuclear policy, or the Korean Peninsula, or the world generally," Obama said Friday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Obama says Trump ignorant on foreign policy

Nicole Duran · April 1, 2016 11:28 pm

Donald Trump's suggestion that Japan and South Korea should be allowed to become nuclear states did not come up whenPresident Obama met with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday morning to discuss North Korean aggression, sources say. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man, File)

White House dismisses Trump’s idea of more nuclear states

Nicole Duran · March 31, 2016 5:18 pm

The American island was taken by the Japanese army in WWII and was the the site of the Battle of Guam, an important stepping stone in the Pacific theatre of the war, in which America rolled back Japan's gains.

Guam WWII survivors to sue U.S., not Japan, for reparations

Anna Giaritelli, Jeremy Lott · March 29, 2016 2:49 am

Adviser on Trump idea of giving nukes to Asian countries: They should have some ‘skin in the game’

Adviser on Trump idea of giving nukes to Asian countries: They should have some ‘skin in the game’

Becket Adams · March 29, 2016 12:00 am

Monkeys Seen

Tara Barnett · February 19, 2016 5:21 am