Imagine you’re in the bustling downtown of Portland, Oregon, with the smell of coffee in the air and the ...

As my time as Chargé d'Affaires draws to a close July 31, I feel so grateful for the warm welcome I have ...

Have you ever heard of John Bingham? Not very many people have, it seems. Until recently I didn’t know wh...

In 1976, as Americans celebrated their country’s bicentennial, Japan gave the United States a birthday pr...

It is hard for me to separate my discovery of the beauty and depth of Japanese literature and culture fro...

Daniel Inouye, as Hawaii’s longest serving Senator, a pioneer for Asian-Americans in public service, and ...

Art can be therapeutic. Karen Pence, wife of the U.S. vice president, is championing that message as she ...

I went back to Kumamoto in early April to meet Governor Kabashima and Mayor Onishi, and to talk with peop...

Washington’s famous cherry trees are blooming again. This year’s National Cherry Blossom Festival in W...

It is not often that one can point to a single decision that seemed quite ordinary at the time but was tr...

President Trump and first lady Melania welcomed Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, to ...

At about five-thirty in the morning on January 17, 1995, I woke up in the dark for some reason and got ou...

There are so many touchstones of U.S.–Japan friendship throughout our common history, but I was especiall...

In June 2015, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visited Kyotango City in Kyoto Prefecture. Kyotan...

On May 27, 2016, President Barack Obama became the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima. I...

When U.S. President Barack Obama made his historic visit to Hiroshima on May 27, 2016, one of the most co...

I spent a day this month in Tsukuba Science City to see the cutting edge research and development being d...

President Barack Obama reminded us in his speech in Hiroshima in May that the story of America began with...