U.S. State Department

U.S. officials feared for loved ones still in Japan
The U.S. State Department (Photo by Hidefumi Nogami)
One day after the top-secret diplomatic cable was sent from the Japanese Embassy in Washington to the Foreign Ministry, at 1:30 a.m. on March 16, 2011, U.S. Eastern Standard...
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 (2): U.S. officials feared for...
The U.S. State Department (Photo by Hidefumi Nogami)
Editor's note: This is the second 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 ...
INTERVIEW/ Evans Revere: North Korea's launch plan...
Evans Revere (Provided by Korea Society)
NEW YORK--Pyongyang has been insisting since summer 2011 that it has the right to launch a satellite and has miscalculated the U.S. stance on the issue, a former U.S. diplomat...
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