Admiral Dennis Blair appears on PBS NewsHour to discuss the North Korea threat
August 15, 2017Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Sasakawa USA Chairman Admiral Dennis Blair appeared on the PBS NewsHour program on August 11 to discuss the latest provocations from North Korea and options for the U.S. government.
Tags: North Korea, nuclear weapons, US
Toshiba in crisis after failed nuclear gamble
March 10, 2017Author: Mori Kazuo
Categories: Energy and Technology, In-Depth with Nippon.com
Toshiba is in profound difficulties, facing enormous losses from its nuclear subsidiary and forced to sell off its profitable flash memory business. Journalist Mori Kazuo traces the path from President Nishida Atsutoshi’s 2005 gamble to pull the company out of stagnation up to its present troubles.
Tags: Business, electronics, investment, Japan, nishida atsutoshi, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, Toshiba, US, Westinghouse Electric Company
Rodrigo Duterte, in Japan, calls for U.S. troops to exit Philippines in two years
October 26, 2016Author: The New York Times
Categories: In the News
Although President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is voicing his desire to remove American troops from the country, American allies in Japan who are hosting Duterte this week are in a position to possibly influence that mindset, Sasakawa USA’s Dr. Jeffrey Hornung said in a New York Times article on October 26.
Tags: base-hosting agreements, duterte, in the news, Japan, New York Times, Philippines, Politics, president, rodrigo duterte, Shinzo Abe, troops, US
The U.S., Japan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
November 20, 2015Date: November 20, 2015
Sasakawa USA hosted a private, off-the-record discussion with U.S Trade Representative Mr. Edward Gresser, who spoke on the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its implications for the U.S.-Japan relationship.
Tags: edward gresser, Japan, speaker series, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US
U.S.-China communication a positive sign amid tension
November 3, 2015Author: The New York Times
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Although tensions have flared in recent weeks over American freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, one key point to take away is that the two countries continue to communicate, according to Dr. Jeffrey Hornung, a fellow with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. According to an article by Jane Perlez in the Nov.
Tags: China, freedom of navigation, in the news, jane perlez, jeffrey hornung, maritime disputes, New York Times, reaction, South China Sea, US