Word: asia
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Hardly anyone in Washington or Tokyo believes the current furor will lead to the closing of the bases. They are still important for Japan's defense, especially given tensions with North Korea and China, as well as for the credibility of the U.S. security commitment to Asia. In 1991 U.S. Marines and logistics units based in Okinawa played a crucial part in the Gulf War. Nonetheless, the uproar made U.S. officials uneasy because this week Tokyo and Washington plan to sign a five-year agreement covering Japan's financial contribution to the support of the American troops. In addition, President...
They said that many of the courses which faculty and administrators labels as ethnic studies--including Chinese History 117 and 188, "History of Relations between China and Inner Asia"--are really "regional studies...
From the spring of 1993 to this past summer, Vogel worked in Washington for the National Intelligence Council as a specialist on Asia. Vogel said he will continue to work as a consultant for the Department of Defense on East Asia...
...Before I went to Washington, I was doing some research on Japan's world role, but that's not as critical now," he said. "The current question in Asia is how China, Japan and the U.S. can come to terms with each other...
...will hold: "Hardly anyone here or in the U.S. believes the furor will lead to the closing of the bases. They are still important for Japan's defense, especially given tensions with North Korea and China, as well as for the credibility of the U.S. security commitment to Asia...