Japan
5.26.22
5 takeaways from Blinken’s speech on U.S. confronting China
—Laura Kelly // The Hill // 26 May 2022 // 1:42 PM ET
5 takeaways from Blinken’s speech on U.S. confronting China
—Laura Kelly // The Hill // 26 May 2022 // 1:42 PM ET
2.25.22
Putin waged a totally illogical war: NATO official
—Fox Business // 25 Feb. 2022 // 10 minutes 26 seconds [see 6:54]
Putin waged a totally illogical war: NATO official
—Fox Business // 25 Feb. 2022 // 10 minutes 26 seconds [see 6:54]
10.7.21
Dozens injured in 5.9 magnitude Tokyo earthquake
—Joseph Choi // 7 Oct. 2021 // 10:56 PM EDT
Dozens injured in 5.9 magnitude Tokyo earthquake
—Joseph Choi // 7 Oct. 2021 // 10:56 PM EDT
7.23.21
In Asia, Japan’s stock market was closed due to a national holiday. China’s Shanghai Composite fell 0.7% for the day, though it gained 0.3% for the week.
—Caitlin McCabe & Joe Wallace, "Dow Tops 35000 as Stocks Rise to Records," 23 Jul. 2021 {5:17 PM ET}
In Asia, Japan’s stock market was closed due to a national holiday. China’s Shanghai Composite fell 0.7% for the day, though it gained 0.3% for the week.
—Caitlin McCabe & Joe Wallace, "Dow Tops 35000 as Stocks Rise to Records," 23 Jul. 2021 {5:17 PM ET}
4.3.21
US meets with South Korea, Japan to discuss approach to North Korea
—Lexi Lonas // 3 Apr. 2021 // 9:51 AM EDT
US meets with South Korea, Japan to discuss approach to North Korea
—Lexi Lonas // 3 Apr. 2021 // 9:51 AM EDT
11.3.20
Some of the countries Trump bashes have recently upped their own climate commitments. China has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2060. Japan and South Korea just committed to doing the same by mid-century.
—Rebecca Beitsch, "US to exit Paris accord whether Trump or Biden wins," 3 Nov. 2020 {6:00 AM EST}
Some of the countries Trump bashes have recently upped their own climate commitments. China has pledged to go carbon neutral by 2060. Japan and South Korea just committed to doing the same by mid-century.
—Rebecca Beitsch, "US to exit Paris accord whether Trump or Biden wins," 3 Nov. 2020 {6:00 AM EST}
10.24.20
Contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear power plant could affect human DNA if released: Greenpeace
—Kaelan Deese // 24 Oct. 2020 // 5:52 PM EDT
10.20.20
NASA on Tuesday hopes to collect a handful of rubble from an asteroid’s surface for the first time in America's history of space exploration... While the mission marks the first attempt by the U.S. to gather samples from an asteroid, Japan has already completed the feat twice.
—Celine Castronuovo, "US attempts for first time to gather rock samples from an asteroid," 20 Oct. 2020 {3:23 PM EDT}
Contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear power plant could affect human DNA if released: Greenpeace
—Kaelan Deese // 24 Oct. 2020 // 5:52 PM EDT
10.20.20
NASA on Tuesday hopes to collect a handful of rubble from an asteroid’s surface for the first time in America's history of space exploration... While the mission marks the first attempt by the U.S. to gather samples from an asteroid, Japan has already completed the feat twice.
—Celine Castronuovo, "US attempts for first time to gather rock samples from an asteroid," 20 Oct. 2020 {3:23 PM EDT}
9.12.20
The QAnon movement is spreading around the world, turning an outlandish conspiracy theory revolving around President Trump into one of the nation’s most dangerous exports. Flags and banners brandishing one of the conspiracy’s mottos — “WWG1WGA,” an acronym for “where we go one, we go all” — dotted the crowd at a rally against lockdowns in Germany last month. And when Trump visited Japan in 2019, he was greeted by cardboard cutouts of the letter Q.
—Chris Mills Rodrigo, "QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19," 12 Sep. 2020 {6:32 AM EDT}
9.10.20
Through the use of tariffs, trade agreements, the threat of sanctions, and nonviolent military exercises with Indo-Pacific partners such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia, Trump has done everything possible to resolve the most explosive elements of the U.S.-China rivalry without armed conflict.
—Richard Grenell, "Nobel prize committee's credibility is on the line," 10 Sep. 2020 {11:15 AM EDT}
The QAnon movement is spreading around the world, turning an outlandish conspiracy theory revolving around President Trump into one of the nation’s most dangerous exports. Flags and banners brandishing one of the conspiracy’s mottos — “WWG1WGA,” an acronym for “where we go one, we go all” — dotted the crowd at a rally against lockdowns in Germany last month. And when Trump visited Japan in 2019, he was greeted by cardboard cutouts of the letter Q.
—Chris Mills Rodrigo, "QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19," 12 Sep. 2020 {6:32 AM EDT}
9.10.20
Through the use of tariffs, trade agreements, the threat of sanctions, and nonviolent military exercises with Indo-Pacific partners such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia, Trump has done everything possible to resolve the most explosive elements of the U.S.-China rivalry without armed conflict.
—Richard Grenell, "Nobel prize committee's credibility is on the line," 10 Sep. 2020 {11:15 AM EDT}
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