Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
One U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was operating in Western Pacific waters this week while a carrier strike group belonging to ...
Bank of Japan expected to pause its rate-hiking cycle in March
The Bank of Japan is expected to hold interest rates at 0.50% on Wednesday. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is on track to keep the ...
Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses6d
Japan’s Territorial Disputes and their Management
Summary Japan’s management of its territorial disputes has been pragmatic, with Tokyo opting for diplomatic posturing rather ...
Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation
More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese ...
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Hot Nights and Rainy Days in Japan
Summers in Japan are typically hot and rainy. Unlike much of the US, where warmer temperatures generally lead to less rain, ...
Gulf of America to South China Sea – how maps name disputed territories
Japan uses the term Sea of Japan to refer to the body of water separating it from the Korean Peninsula; South Korea calls it ...
Africa: Maps Showing China's Growing Influence in Africa Distort Reality - but Some Risks Are Real
These maps fail to show the host of other external states operating on the continent. The US, multiple European states, Japan, India, Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea all have ...
Map Shows Where Costco's Opening New Stores in March
Currently, Costco operates 897 stores, with 617 located in the United States and Puerto Rico. After the store openings in ...
The Independent on MSN15d
Japan wildfire mapped: One dead and thousands evacuated as country battles largest fire in decades
The Japan Times reported that this is the country’s largest wildfire since at least 1992, when a blaze burned nearly 1,000 hectares (2500 acres) on the northern island of Hokkaido. The disaster has ...
Foreign Affairs5d
The Return of Spheres of Influence
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...
Map Shows Countries Where Americans Face Tourist Tax
When mapped by Newsweek, the data shows that two primary clusters of countries have tourism taxes. In Europe, 14 countries ...
The Independent15d
Japan wildfire mapped: One dead and thousands evacuated as country battles largest fire in decades
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... has more than doubled in size in the past three days to become Japan’s largest for 33 years, and as of Sunday ...