| In 2010, John Maher, the State Department's Director of Japan affairs, accused the Japanese of using their consensus-building "harmony culture" as a "blackmail tool," and called Okinawans "lazy people who can't even grow bitter melons" and "masters of deception." His remarks were reported in the media and triggered strong complaints from Japan, with more than 30 local councils in Okinawa passing resolutions protesting. |
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#accelerate#State#troops#Monday Washington, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The United States is moving its Ukrainian embassy operations from the capital Kiev to the western city of Lviv, citing a "significant acceleration in the build-up of Russian troops," SECRETARY of State Antsy Blinken said on Monday. U.S. officials have warned that Moscow continues to amass more than 100,000 troops near Russia's border with Ukraine and in neighboring Belarus, and could launch destructive attacks, including on Kiev, at any time. Moscow denies Western accusations that it is planning an invasion. "An invasion of U... |
| #accelerate#announce#Russia On Monday evening, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the United States was coordinating with Allies and expected to announce new sanctions on Russia on Tuesday, Thomson Reuters reported. She said Russia is clearly violating international law and Ukraine's sovereignty, and the United States and our Allies are united in calling on Russia to withdraw its troops and return to the diplomatic table.White House officials revealed in late January that possible U.S. export controls would reduce Russia's ability to industrialize in several ... |
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With the Pacific Ocean to the east and the East China Sea to the west, Ishigaki Island, with an area of 222.6 square kilometers, is the third largest island in Okinawa prefecture after Okinawa and Nishimiao. Tetsuhiro Kaneshiro, a local resident who has been planting mango trees on the island for decades, began to worry about whether he could continue to live safely when the workers and machines to build the missile base arrived.In fact, Japan has long been planning to deploy a missile base on Ishigaki Island, but the plan was officially announced in August 2021. The new unit includes an |
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#accelerate#estimates#agricultura Germany is launching an initiative to support solar projects on agricultural land, which the economy ministry estimates could lead to 200GW of additional photovoltaic development capacity. The package announced jointly by the ministers of agriculture, Climate and environment will enable agricultural PHOTOVOLTAIC plants to be supported and promoted under the German Renewable Energy Law (EEG), enabling land to be used for both electricity generation and farming. Agricultural wastelands could be used to install solar projects under EE |
| #accelerate#Ukrainian#embassy#commercial U.S. officials have warned that Moscow continues to amass more than 100,000 troops near Russia's border with Ukraine and in neighboring Belarus, and could launch destructive attacks, including on Kiev, at any time. Moscow denies Western accusations that it is planning an invasion."An invasion of Ukraine could trigger violence and destruction on a massive scale, with loss of life regardless of nationality -- American, Ukrainian" or others, State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing.In a statement, Blinken said the decision to move embassy o... |
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#accelerat#intercepting#condition#intercept The United States is trying to speed up the delivery of Taiwan's next generation of newly built F-16 fighter jets by the end of 2026 to strengthen its air force's ability to counter China's growing military threat, Reuters quoted US officials as saying.The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they had not yet come up with a solution on how to speed delivery of the Block 70 F-16, built by Lockheed Martin Corp. and equipped with the new features. The planes are currently scheduled for delivery by the end of 2026.As Taiwan's ... |