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The TOMODACHI Initiative and the Power of Hope

The word tomodachi means friend, but how does the TOMODACHI Initiative embody the spirit of that word? Wh...
Jan 13, 2021VIEW
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Stronger than Ever: How Lessons Learned from 3/11 Have Deepened U.S.-Japan Disaster Preparedness

When a disaster strikes, it doesn’t matter what nationality you are. If you are in the disaster zone, you...
Jan 8, 2021VIEW
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Lost and Found: How a Boat Started a Friendship Across the Pacific

On April 7, 2013, a small boat encrusted with gooseneck barnacles, seashells, and seaweed washed ashore i...
Jan 8, 2021VIEW
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My Time in Tohoku: Finding Connection Through Songs and S’mores

I will never forget the moment when I was sitting at my desk at the consulate in Sapporo and the ground b...
Jan 7, 2021VIEW
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Tales from Ishinomaki: From “Feeling Sorry” to “Being Prepared”

Many of the people who rushed to Tohoku right after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to do volunteer w...
Dec 31, 2020VIEW
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True Strength of Alliance Illuminated by Acts of Friendship After Triple Disaster

At 2:45 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2011, I was in my office at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. My colleagues an...
Dec 16, 2020VIEW
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Kajiko Yajima’s Contributions to U.S.-Japan Exchange through Women's Suffrage

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitut...
Aug 25, 2020VIEW
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Full Circle: Consulate Nagoya Turns 100

Another milestone in U.S.-Japan relations will be reached this year in Nagoya, where the U.S. Consulate w...
Jun 19, 2020VIEW
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Service, Family, and the Theory of Relativity

One of my earliest memories is my Japanese grandfather telling me the legend of Urashima Taro as a way of...
Jun 18, 2020VIEW
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“Gentle Wolfhounds” Help Osaka Children for Seven Decades

One day late in 1949, in the aftermath of World War II, U.S. Army Master Sergeant Hugh O’Reilly and almos...
Apr 10, 2020VIEW
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St. Luke’s International Hospital – A Lasting Symbol of U.S.-Japan Friendship

St. Luke’s International Hospital has been a center of U.S.-Japan history for well over 100 years, making...
Apr 7, 2020VIEW
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The U.S.-Japan Alliance – The Gold Standard in Win-Win Defense Treaties

Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield (1977-88), who represented both Republican and Democratic ...
Jan 17, 2020VIEW
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U.S. and Japan Agree on Trade Terms

The United States and Japan made progress on a trade deal that, once finalized, will bolster the economie...
Oct 1, 2019VIEW
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Sister Cities in Hokkaido and New Jersey Celebrate Fifty-Year Relationship

Although Kitami, Hokkaido, and Elizabeth, New Jersey, have been sister cities for about 50 years, their t...
Jul 5, 2019VIEW
Editors' PicksEducation & Study AbroadU.S.-Japan RelationsSocial Issues

Harold J. Ashby, Jr. – A Brave Pioneer in Creating Same-Sex Households in Japan and Around the World

Harold James Ashby, Jr. grew up in Newark, New Jersey. When he was 16, he was selected to represent New J...
Jun 10, 2019VIEW
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Indo-Pacific Friendship from U.S.-Japanese Exchange

President Trump’s travel to Japan on May 25 will emphasize the enduring bonds between Japan and the Unite...
May 26, 2019VIEW
PoliticsU.S.-Japan Relations

Trump’s Japan Trip Signals a Strong Friendship

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump’s upcoming visit to Japan — which includes scheduled talks b...
May 23, 2019VIEW
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An American “Good Couple” Goes Home to Akita

We first arrived in Kakunodate, Akita, in the summer of 1997 with a 3-year-old son, a 1-year-old daughter...
May 17, 2019VIEW
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U.S. Presidential Visits to Japan

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is scheduled to visit Japan in May 2019. Since former President Gerald For...
May 17, 2019VIEW

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