
Jan. 4 - On January 3, the Transportation Security Administration issued new security directives to all United States and international air carriers with inbound flights to the United States. Effective January 4, 2010, every individual flying into the U.S...

Dec. 31 - Ambassador Roos and his family and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo wish you and your family a very happy new year. We hope that 2010 will be filled with peace and prosperity for our Japanese friends and for the American community in Japan. The Embassy will be closed on Jan. 1 for the holiday.

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Dec. 21 - At the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, President Obama told the press in his remarks on Dec...

Dec. 16 - On Dec. 11 in Washington, the United States and Japan initialed the text of a comprehensive Open Skies agreement liberalizing civil aviation between the two countries. Open Skies lifts restrictions on destinations served, frequency of flights, pricing, code-sharing and other issues...

Siyarathana Jayasuriya
U.S Afghan Commander accepts 'Sri Lankan style' against terrorism
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S military Commander in Afganistan was ofthe view that it be a prerequisite to eliminate "iconic figures" amongterrorists and therefore such to be removed physically.
The Daily-Telegraph, in its Wednesday (9) edition, quoted the ...militaryCommander as saying during a key note delivered at the Senate ArmedServices Committee on Tuesday (Dec 08). Referring to the West's commonenemy, Osama bin Laden, Gen. McChrystal said, "I believe he is aniconic figure at this point whose survival emboldens al-Qaida as afranchise organization across the world."
"I don't think we can defeat him until he is captured or killed,"

Dec. 15 - Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, visited Japan Dec. 12-13 for consultations with Foreign Minister Okada and senior Japanese government officials following his recent trip to Pyongyang. After briefing the media in Tokyo on Dec...

















