Next Steps in US-Japan Relations: Post-Hiroshima Visit
July 14, 2016Date: July 14, 2016
Sasakawa USA will host a private discussion with Professor Jennifer Lind on the topic of Barack Obama’s historic May 27 visit to Hiroshima, the first ever by a sitting U.S. president. Lind will discuss her assessment of the visit, regional implications, and the way forward in U.S.-Japan relations.
Tags: Barack Obama, event, Hiroshima, jennifer lind, speaker series, speaker series event, us-japan, us-japan relations
President Obama’s Hiroshima Visit: How it Happened and Why No Apology was Expected in Japan
June 13, 2016Author: Tomohiko Taniguchi
Categories: View from Tokyo: Tomo Taniguchi's Take
On May 27, 2016 in Hiroshima, Japan, President Barack Obama delivered one of his best speeches ever, crafted and delivered so masterfully that it will likely leave a lasting legacy. In Hiroshima he towered above any politicking, which can easily get nasty in our less-than-ideal world, especially in an election year. What was behind his visit to Hiroshima? In retrospect many actions and events—some planned, some not—merged to pave the way for President Obama to fulfill his wish to visit Hiroshima while in office.
Tags: a view from tokyo, ambassador roos, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, election, Hiroshima, john roos, joint session, Politics, president obama, Shinzo Abe, tomohiko taniguchi, World War II, yasukuni shrine
Sasakawa USA Fellow Daniel Bob comments on Obama’s Hiroshima visit
June 7, 2016Author: Al Jazeera's The Stream
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Sasakawa USA’s Senior Fellow and Director of Programs Daniel Bob appeared on Al Jazeera’s The Stream on May 26 as one of several guests to speak on President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. The conversation ranged from issues of nuclear disarmament to opinions on whether Obama should apologize for using the world’s first nuclear bombs.
Tags: al jazeera, daniel bob, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, nuclear weapon, Obama, president obama, the stream, World War II
JPP: Abe support jumps in wake of G7 summit, Obama’s Hiroshima visit
June 2, 2016Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: Japan Political Pulse
The spring Diet session ended on June 1 with the Abe government enjoying overwhelming support just five weeks before Japan votes for half of the members of the 242-seat House of Councillors (HOC). Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s hosting of the G7 summit in Ise-Shima May 26-27, U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Hiroshima, and Abe’s decision to postpone the 2% consumption tax increase scheduled for April 2017 until October 2019 have all contributed to a significant jump in the administration’s support.
Tags: Abe, abe approval, Barack Obama, consumption tax, Diet, diet session, election, g7, g7 summit, Hiroshima, Japan, japan political pulse, jpp, poll, Shinzo Abe
Japan, America welcome Obama Hiroshima plans
May 11, 2016Author: The Japan Times
Categories: In the News
When U.S. President Barack Obama makes a historic visit to Hiroshima on May 27 after the G7 summit in Japan, he likely will discuss the suffering of those who lived there when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, Sasakawa USA’s Tobias Harris said in a May 11 article in The Japan Times
Tags: apology, atomic bomb, Barack Obama, Hiroshima, in the news, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, Obama, peace memorial park, the japan times, tobias harris, war apology