Japan and the United States were frustrated by Queen Elizabeth s husband, Prince Philip, attempting to stop a new runway in Japan in the 1980s, according to newly released files at the National Archives in London
NISHINOOMOTE, Kagoshima Prefecture The Defense Ministry announced that it will build a Self-Defense Forces base here that will be used for relocated U.S. military drills, drawing a stunned reaction from the city mayor.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 strikes near the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean, south of Tokyo, but there is no fear of a tsunami, the weather agency says.
show for tv cameras. it s also a message for americans. why might. we re about 500 km off the coast of japan, somewhere in the island of iwojima, which was the island site of a very bloody battle between the americans and the japanese in the final months of world war ii. today, the us and japan sailed together as allies, facing the new challenge from china. and to do that, america brought its very latest aircraft. this is the us navy s newest, most advanced and most expensive fighter aircraft. this is its first employment outside the us, and there is no surprise it s been sent here to the western pacific. for months, china has been sending dozens of military aircraft to