Far eastern history from the university of london, and his phd in japanese history from princeton university. He has been the secretary of the navy fellow and visiting professor of strategy and policy at the u. S. Naval war college. Usking professor at the trillion Defense Force academy, where he was a senior fulbright fellow, and a visiting scholar to the National Japanese center in kyoto. He studied the comparative history of war, specializing in Japanese Military institutions and the social and cultural transformation of japan. War, coauthor of japan at in world history, a New York Times best book of the year, and published widely on japanese war experience in english and japanese. Please welcome dr. Ted cook. [applause] prof. Cook its a great privilege again to once more at theo my friends military affairs symposium, which has been a home for me for many, many years. Not quite from the beginning, but close to the beginning. Ince we moved, my wife and moved to new york and number of
Kanye west. Are they hard to come by . The biggest names in the music business. Breaking news for you from turkey. Its been a massive power cut striking many cities in half of all provinces of the country. Its hit services subways shut down and planes diverted. The Prime Minister said all possible causes were being investigated including a terror attack. A break in connections with europe. The Energy Emergency set up a Crisis Center. Lets get the latest from istanbul. Reporter i am in one of the shared taxis here. Its impossible to get around at the moment. The public transport has completely gone down. The taxis on the streets here. While i was waiting a half hour to grab one, i came into this shared taxi. Sorry, your line is gone. Can you still hear me or not . No we have lost the connection. We will try to go back to him. He has said that the National Electricity company is constantly engaged. There are sporadic electricity cuts in turkey. Apparently, no one can remember such a nati
Were Holding Hostages in a residential section of the facility. Algerian military air strikes caused panic and 400 to 600 captives rushed to emergency exits, ignoring orders by the militants to stop. An irish hostage told reuters that the Algerian Army carried out an air strike on five jeeps with captives inside. His vehicle was its only one that wasnt blown up. Spokes persons for the japanese Engineering Firm Jgc Corporation says they have been in contact with the captives. The fate of the remaining 10 hostages is unknown. They expressed their determine togs continue fighting terrorism. Translator i believe taking lives of innocent people is arou an unforgivable act. Our priority is to recover the hostage as live. The situation remains unstable. Well continue doing our very best to cope with this situation. An algerian tv station says they killed 18 islamist militants but theres no official statement giving details on the rescue operation or the fate of the hostages. Its not the first
Prime minister abe met in jakarta with the indonesian president. They discussed chinas growing activity in the south china sea. Theres a group of island there that other countries say belong to them. Japan and china are at odds over islands in the East China Sea which the japanese control but the chinese and twainese claim. Translator a free and open sea governed not by force but by law is a common good that we must protect by all means with asean nations. We also welcome u. S. Policy that prioritizes asia and through various economic partnerships well promote trade and investment to achieve the revival of the japanese economy and prosper together with asean nations. The president said cooperation between china and japan is important regionally and globally. The leaders agree to promote political and Security Dialogue and strengthen ties. He looks for abes experience. Abe has been juggling a number of priorities since his party took power last month. And he became Prime Minister for a
Welcome to nhk world newsline. Hk world the leaders of britain and france say a rescue operation is ongoing at a natural gas plant the countrys Security Forces t moved in thursday to free workers who have been held hostage by islamist militants. Some of the captain captives have escaped. Theyre still pursuing hostages in other areas of the site. The militants kidnapped the workers on wednesday. The hostages include japanese, french, and american citizens. An escapee said that militants were Holding Hostages in a residential section of the facility. Algerian military air strikes caused panic and 400 to 600 captives rushed to emergency exits, ignoring orders by the militants to stop. An irish hostage told reuters that the Algerian Army carried out an air strike on five jeeps with captives inside. His vehicle was its only one that wasnt blown up. Spokes persons for the japanese Engineering Firm Jgc Corporation say they have been in contact with the captives. The fate of the remaining 10 h