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Japan and America agree to move forward on the Okinawa military issue

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Japan and America agree to move forward on the Okinawa military issue James Jomo, Jay Doggett and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Okinawa military issue is complex because of so many viewpoints but gradually Japan and America are working out a solution. More work needs to be done to solve the issue in [...]

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Okinawa and the delicate relationship with mainland Japan and America

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Okinawa and the delicate relationship with mainland Japan and America Joachim de Villiers and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In history the Okinawan people were independent and traded openly throughout the region and they preserved their own distinctive culture, language, religion, and other aspects of culture. However, like many smaller ethnic groups the history [...]

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Japan, Tokyo: U.S. and PM Noda

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Japan, Tokyo By Bruce Klingner The Heritage Foundation   U.S. officials express greater optimism about Japanese stewardship under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda than under his lackluster predecessors. The DPJ abandoned the naïve foreign and security policies of the Hatoyama administration after Chinese and North Korean belligerence underscored the wisdom of a strong alliance with the [...]

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United States Affirms Military Realignment Plan in Japan

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United States Affirms Military Realignment Plan in Japan Bruce Klingner The Foundry The Heritage Foundation During bilateral security talks, Washington and Tokyo affirmed their commitment to the 2009 bilateral Guam Agreement, which delineates the planned realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan. The June 21 Security Consultative Talks—comprised of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary [...]

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The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister

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The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister By Bruce Klingner and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation As dependable as the tide, a new prime minister has washed ashore in Japan. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is the latest iteration of what has become an annual ritual of Japanese leadership change. [...]

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The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister

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The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister By Bruce Klingner and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation As dependable as the tide, a new prime minister has washed ashore in Japan. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is the latest iteration of what has become an annual ritual of Japanese leadership change. [...]

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The U.S. Marines on Okinawa Are Essential to Peace and Security in the Pacific

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Top 10 Reasons Why the U.S. Marines on Okinawa Are Essential to Peace and Security in the Pacific By Bruce Klingner The Heritage Foundation Abstract: Two factors have driven the debate over the planned U.S. military realignment in Japan: campaign pledges made by the Democratic Party of Japan and complaints from Okinawans about the presence [...]

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