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And tuneishen authorities have arrested several suspects after a deadly museum attack and theyre pledging to tighten the nations security. Many people in japan paused on march 20th to reflect on what was a scary and painful time in their history. 20 years ago today members of a religious cult released sarin gas on the tokyo subway system during the morning rush hour. 13 people died and 6300 others were hurt. People held a Memorial Ceremony at one of the subway stations targeted in the attack. Th...

Afghanistan is on his first visit to the United States since taking office. A trip aimed at repairing and rebooting relations. Japans defense minister is Standing Firm on moving a u. S. Air base in okinawa. Jen nakatani says in order to suspend relocation work wont change anything. Translator i was not aware of any problems in the procedures leading up to the survey. So the governor will continue with the plan. Nakatani says he wants people in okinawa to understand that its important to move the...

Passed a landmark bylaw recognizing samesex partnerships as the equivalent of marriage. Families of japanese citizens abducted to north korea in the 1970s and 80s are still hoping to learn about the fates of their loved ones. Officials in pyongyang pledged last may to launch a new investigation into what happened to them. But they failed to deliver reports on their progress. So japanese leaders have decided to extend economic sanctions for two more years. Cabinet ministers approved the extension...

Met with a strong opponent of his administrations plan to move a u. S. Military base shinzo abe spoke with Takeshi Onaga. The negotiations havent bunched their gap. Takeshi onaga has been trying have direct talks with abe since he took office in december. He won election by a land slide. He wanted to meet with abe before the Prime Ministers summit with the u. S. President later this month. Translator we believe the relocation of the base is our only option. We will continue to clearly explain ou...

Discussing the challenges we face in the region is necessary pare f to prepare for future potential disasters. And working toward minimizing the loss of life as well as ncere depleting limited resources associated with relief efforts. I give my sincere thanks to our colleagues and our witnesses forer joining us in this conversation today. And i yield to the ranking m member, mr. Connolly. D st thank you, mr. Chairman. And welcome to our panel. The United States has demonstrated a longstanding co...

Finally, as we are still in the midst of relief, we are already the lo talking about andng focusing on the longer term recovery and we nited arena working together with the k, t internationalhe communicate with the world bank, the united ors states, the Asian Development bank, the European Union and bilateral donors to come together around a common framework of needs. There will be a postdisaster Needs Assessment led by the world bank and u. N. Under which the government of nepal and all of the ...

New Research Shows there has been more working days and more legislative work accomplished in the past 100 days. When it comes to the effectiveness of this 114th congress in its 100 days, we want to get your thoughts on if you are seeing progress being made. Here is how you can weigh in on either of those thoughts this morning. The numbers are on the screen. If you want to give your thoughts on the first 100 days of congress, if you are seeing progress or not, you can do so on twitter facebook, ...

The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 35563. The bill is passed. Without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent that i may hearafter be considered as the first ponce juror of h. R. 637, a bill introduced by representative schock of illinois for purposes of adding cosponsor and requesting printing pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. The speaker pro tempore without objection, ...

Here are a few of the book festivals we will be covering on book tv. We will visit maryland for live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival with congressman tom davis and martin frost. We will close out may at book expo america where the industry showcases their upcoming books. And we are live for the printers row literature fest including our indepth program with glitter prizewinning author Lawrence Wright and your phone calls. Vice President Biden delivered remarks thursday evening at isra...

To get democratic members of congress to give you the backing you need to get i through . I think im right thats more of a question at the moment than it is republican. Ms. Atkinson well, thanks very much, fred, and i want to say even though these are not formal remarks, thanks for your leadership in having this session and with all these terrific panel members. I believe this is a really important moment. Of course for the president and the president s legacy, but more important, for america an...