Russel: U.S. Policy in the East Asia and Pacific Region
Daniel R. Russel, the newly installed Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, gave an Overview of U.S. Policy in the East Asia and Pacific Region on July 22, 2013 at Washington's...
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Monday in Washington July 29th
IRAN: HOW A THIRD TIER CYBERPOWER CAN STILL THREATEN THE UNITED STATES. 7/29, 9:30-11:00am. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Barbara Slavin, Senior Fellow, South Asia Center, Atlantic Council;...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule, July 6-16, 2013
July 6, 2013 (Sat)AM07:39 Leaves private residence in Tomigaya 08:07 Arrives at Haneda Airport08:46 Leaves Haneda Airport on JAL flight 10709:30 Arrives at Osaka International Airport09:40 Leaves...
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This Week In Washington August 5th
No one is here. Congress is in summer recess until September 9th and thus everyone leaves town for a summer vacation. Few Washington organizations dare hold programs in August; unless they want them to...
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Silence Broken: Comfort Women
Today, August 4th, is the 20th Anniversary of the Kono Statement, Japan's unofficial apology to the women and men who served as sex slaves to Japan's military and their contractors. It is a statement...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule July 17-24, 2013
July 17, 2013 (Wed)AM08:46 Leaves ANA Crown Plaza Hotel Okinawa Harbor View in Naha08:57 Arrives at Naha Airport09:32 Leaves airport on ANA flight 176310:16 Arrives at Ishigaki Airport10:26 Leaves...
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This Week in Washington, August 11-17, 2013
JAPAN'S RELATIONS WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA. 8/13, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. Speaker: Ashok Mirpuri, Singapore Ambassador to U.S.BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE: NEW TOOLS FOR MESSY...
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Abe Visiting the Dead
January 13, 2013, Meiji Jingu, TokyoFebruary 22, 2013, Arlington Cemetery, Washington, DCMarch 11, 2013, 2nd Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, TokyoApril 14, 2013, Iwo JimaMay 25, 2013,...
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August 14 Memorial
Kim Hak-soonAugust 14th is the anniversary of the first former comfort woman, Kim Hak-soon, to speak publicly about her ordeal. She detailed how she was forced to carry ammunition for Japanese soldiers...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule July 25-31, 2013
July 25, 2013 (Thurs)AM 08:46 Leaves private residence in Tomigaya09:10 Arrives at Haneda Airport09:25 Interview with journalism companies09:54 Leaves airport on a government plane headed for Malaysia...
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This Week in Washington August 19-26, 2013
SHAPING AMERICA'S FUTURE MILITARY. 8/19, 9:30-10:30am. Sponsor: Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies. Speaker: Mark Gunzinger, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.TECHNO-ACTIVISM THIRD...
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Ninoy Aquino Day, August 21
August 21st is the 30th anniversary of the assassination of former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., In The Philippines Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed...
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Obama in Egypt Could Learn From MacArthur in Japan
The following essay by James Gibney, a member of Bloomberg View's editorial board and an APP member, appeared on Bloomberg View on August 20, 2013. Follow him on Twitter.So far, President Barack...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule August 1-11, 2013
HiroshimaAugust 1, 2013 (Thu)AM09:44 Office10:00 Conference call with Nguyen Tan Dung11:13 Taku Yamamoto, LDP Energy Strategy Research Committee Chair; Yoshiaki Harada, Leader of the East China Sea...
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Wednesday in Washington August 28, 2013
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON1833 - Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire. *HOW PRIVACY AND NATIONAL SECURITY IMPACT INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE IN THE...
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US-Japan Research Institute Week
US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) holds an annual week of programs on Japan featuring speakers from the Institutes associated universities in Japan. The Institute's mission is to produce practical...
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The Spirits of Heroes: What is Wrong with Yasukuni
Via ShisakuBlog, the Saturday (August 24) of Shisaku’slocal newspaper, Tokyo Shimbun, published a letter-to-the-editor (in a special box, so as to attract the eye) by a reader who took issue with the...
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Monday in Washngton September 9, 2013
JIHADIST TERRORISM: A THREAT ASSESSMENT. 9/9, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Bipartisan Policy Center. Speakers: Peter Bergen, National Security Analyst, CNN; Lee Hamilton, Co-Chair, 9/11 Commission; Bruce...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule August 12-26, 2013
Shoin Shrine[For a good review of this Week with the Prime Minister, see Shisaku.]August 12, 2013 (Mon)AM 09:37 Office 10:32 Courtesy Call from Youths from Israel and Palestine11:21 Press Interview...
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Monday in Washington September 16, 2013
9/17 - CONSTITUTION DAY, NB: The U.S. Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by conventions in eleven States. It...
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