Japanese Embassy

U.S. frustrated with Japan's initial response to...
An aerial view of the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka Naval Base (Photo by Naoko Kawamura)
March 07, 2013
Between late on March 14, 2011, and early the next morning, a top secret diplomatic cable arrived at the Foreign Ministry.
Japanese ambassador felt something not right before ...
A copy of the evacuation advisory issued by the U.S. government to its citizens in Japan (Hidefumi Nogami)
March 07, 2013
The consensus that was developing in the teleconference that began at 1:30 a.m. on March 16, 2011, U.S. Eastern Standard Time, demonstrated the extent to which the U.S....
U.S. official sought 'heroic sacrifice' from Japan
The Japanese Embassy in Washington (Hidefumi Nogami)
March 07, 2013
At 9 a.m. on March 16, 2011, Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, invited Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki into his office in...
PROMETHEUS TRAP (4): U.S. official sought 'heroic...
The Japanese Embassy in Washington (Hidefumi Nogami)
February 04, 2013
Editor's note: This is the fourth part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the differences between Japan ...
PROMETHEUS TRAP (3): Japanese ambassador felt...
A copy of the evacuation advisory issued by the U.S. government to its citizens in Japan (Hidefumi Nogami)
February 01, 2013
Editor's note: This is the third part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the differences between Japan...
PROMETHEUS TRAP (1): U.S. frustrated with Japan's...
An aerial view of the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka Naval Base (Photo by Naoko Kawamura)
January 28, 2013
Editor's note: This is the first part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the differences between Japan...
China braces for more violent unrest
Riot police push back anti-Japan protesters in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Sept. 16. They were trying to storm a shopping district where a Japanese department store and supermarket are located. (Koichiro Ishida)
September 17, 2012
BEIJING--Chinese authorities fear that violent anti-Japan protests gripping Chinese cities could easily spiral out of control, putting a massive strain on security forces as...
Chinese held for firebomb attack at Japan embassy...
January 08, 2012
SEOUL -- A Chinese man who reportedly said his grandmother was one of many thousands of women forced into prostitution for the Japanese army during World War Two was arrested...
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