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Where will Japan’s $550 billion investment in the U.S. go?

Japan is already the number one foreign investor in the U.S., with $754 billion invested as of last year — and that number ...

Why Japan is accepting a 15% tax rate with the US

As Donald Trump had previously threatened to impose a 25% tariff on Japanese imports, this new agreement comes as a relative ...

‘Nazi Creek’ in Alaska Gets a New Name After More Than 70 Years

German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...
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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese ...

A U.S. squad armed with guns and hand grenades closes in on Japanese holdouts entrenched in dugouts during World War II on Attu Island, Alaska, in June 1943.
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Japan Invades the Aleutian Islands | American Experience | PBS

U.S. Territory Close to Japan With their close proximity to Japan, the Aleutian Islands seemed especially prone to an attack. Stretching westward into the Pacific Ocean, the chain of roughly 150 ...
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Alaska experts try to untangle invasive Japanese knotweed

Japanese knotweed can survive being hacked into pieces and thrown into the ocean — and scientists say it has a growing hold in Southeast Alaska.
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Alaska Airlines upgrades Seattle-Tokyo route with Hawaiian’s new Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Alaska Air Group is giving its Tokyo flights operated by Hawaiian Airlines out of Seattle a big upgrade, with Hawaiian's ...