Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The U. The Alliance is based on shared vital interests and values, including: the maintenance of stability in the Indo-Pacific region: the preservation and promotion of political and economic freedoms; support for human rights and democratic institutions; and, the expansion of prosperity for the people of both countries and the international community as a whole. Japan provides bases as well as financial and material support to U. In January the United States and Japan signed a new five-year package of host nation support for U. In December , the United States returned a major portion of the Northern Training Area, nearly 10, acres, reducing the amount of land utilized by the United States on Okinawa by close to 20 percent.
To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites. It is the time of the year when many people get nervous about winning and losing. Students are cramming hard to pass entrance exams to get into the high schools and colleges of their dreams. Their families and friends watch their words so as not to demoralize them, going out of their way to avoid using phrases such as suberu slip , ochiru fall and korobu tumble. One of the first places I was taken to upon descending at Oita Airport was Futaba no Sato [] ; www.
A visit to Usa, the Japanese city that knows how to win
To my way of thinking, the U. It digests everything new and foreign and converts it to an element of strength. Japanese-style management is just one such element—admired briefly from a distance, then quickly studied and made part of American business culture. This extraordinary power of assimilation has made […].
February is National Black History Month, when we recognize the contributions of African Americans to the United States and celebrate their heritage and culture. Joseph R. Biden Jr. Minutes before, Kamala D. Harris took the oath of office to become the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected vice president.