Document shows detail of U.S. plan for nuclear plant in Okinawa in 1960s Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
An artist s rendering in a 1960 U.S. government report shows a planned nuclear power plant in Okinawa Prefecture. | THE OKINAWA TIMES
The Okinawa Times Apr 5, 2021
Documents obtained by The Okinawa Times show that the United States government had detailed plans for constructing a nuclear power plant in Okinawa Prefecture in the 1960s when it was under U.S rule.
U.S. ceased using Senkaku islets as firing range in 1978 to avoid riling China Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Taisho Island, one of the islets in the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea | KYODO
Kyodo, staff report Apr 5, 2021
The United States in June 1978 instructed its navy to suspend use of a firing range that Japan had provided as a training ground in the Senkaku Islands over fears that it could become embroiled in a Sino-Japanese territorial dispute, according to declassified U.S. government documents.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (pictured) asserted on Sunday the country stands ready to join the Biden administration in fighting climate change. According to him, Tokyo and Washington should.
Apr 4, 2021
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga stressed on Sunday the significance of Japan and the United States working closely to defuse tensions over Taiwan.
“It is important for Japan and the United States to work together and maintain deterrence to create an environment in which Taiwan and China can find a peaceful solution,” Suga said on a television program.
The situation over Taiwan is “important for Japan,” he added.
Taiwan issues are expected to be on the agenda at the summit meeting between Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden to be held in Washington on April 16.
Within the Biden administration, concerns are growing over a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade province.