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Who is the Driving Force for a Monorail Through the Sepulveda Pass?


The following plan overview is taken from LA Metro: 
“LA METRO APPROVES CONTRACTS FOR SEPULVEDA TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT
Megaproject planned to connect San Fernando Valley with the Westside via a high-speed, high-capacity transit line. 
MARCH 26, 2021 
The LA Metro Board of Directors this week approved contracts with two private sector teams for predevelopment work on the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project using a first-of-its-kind public-private model. 
This megaproject is planned to connect the San Fernando Valley with the Westside and eventually LAX via a high-speed, high capacity transit line, connecting two busy destinations for residents and workers. The primary travel option for most people currently is driving the I-405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass, a choke point that is one of the nation’s most congested roadways.  ....

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Enduring and New Frontiers in US-Japan Relations


Dr.  Satu P. Limaye (
Moderator)
Director, East-West Center in Washington
Within the past six months, the United States and Japan have both elected new leaders and now must address questions of where the alliance stands and where it is headed. The East-West Center in Washington, in partnership with
Tokyo Review, held an in-depth discussion with authors from the latest
Asia Pacific Bulletin series to explore the possibilities for continuing and creating new pathways of cooperation between the United States and Japan under the Biden and Suga administrations.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Sean Connell is a senior fellow at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and a former visiting fellow at the East-West Center in Washington. Previously, he was director for Japan and Korea, and executive director of the US-Korea Business Council, at the United States Chamber of Commerce. He was a Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi Fellow based at the Research Institute o ....

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Japan increases protection for US military amid 'severe security environment'


February 25, 2021
Japan s military performed 25 missions in 2020 in defense of US ships or planes, a sign of the growing integration of two of Asia s most powerful armed forces. Courtesy photo
HONG KONG Japan s military performed 25 missions in 2020 in defense of US ships or planes, a sign of the growing integration of two of Asia s most powerful armed forces.
The number of what Japan calls asset protection missions was up from 14 in 2019 amid a severe security environment, according to an announcement from Japan s Ministry of Defense.
The Japanese military said the 25 missions involved Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) protecting US Navy ships on four occasions while those ships were gathering information on ballistic missiles or other warning or surveillance activities. In 21 instances, the missions involved protecting US aircraft that were in joint training with their Japanese counterparts. ....

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