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Dec 2 On December 1 at the Roppongi Hills complex in downtown Tokyo, Tom Cruise showed his support for the people of Japan by meeting with residents of Fukushima Prefecture before a preview fan screening of his new movie "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol." Together with Ambassador Roos, Mr. Cruise signed a banner highlighting the TOMOD ...
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Oct. 11th The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens of the potential for anti-U.S. actions following the disruption of a plot, linked to Iran, to commit a significant terrorist act in the United States. This Travel Alert expires on January 11, 2012. An Iranian-born U.S. citizen, working on behalf of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Q ...
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Oct 7th This Travel Alert updates the Travel Alert for Japan dated July 19, 2011, to note modifications to U.S. government recommendations for U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in the area around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This Travel Alert expires on Jan. 13, 2012. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Agencies of the U.S. g ...
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Oct. 1, 2011 The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the potential for retaliation against U.S. citizens and interests following the deaths of key figures in the terrorist group al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula on Sept. 30. This Travel Alert expires on Nov. 30, 2011. On Sept. 30, U.S. and Yemeni government officials confirmed that dual U.S.- ...
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By Matthew M. Burke and Elena Sugiyama Stars and Stripes, September 30, 2011 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — In an effort to ease concerns over low-level radioactive waste from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami currently being stored at U.S. military installations across Japan, the Sasebo City Assembly is sending a letter to the Japanese government asking them ...
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Stars and Stripes, September 21, 2011 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — The 7th Fleet Band’s contemporary music ensemble Orient Express brought its act to Cebu, Philippines, as part of the U.S. Embassy’s initiative to highlight American culture and values. The Embassy’s outreach program, “America in 3D,” is the brainchild of Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. and consis ...
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This emergency message is being issued to inform U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Japan that the Japan Meteorological Agency has issued alerts for Typhoon 18W (Roke). As of 12 noon (local time), Tuesday, Sept. 20, is located 230 Nautical Miles South of Sasebo, Japan at 29.3 degrees north latitude, 132.1 degrees east longitude, moving Northward at 11 k ...
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September 11, 2011 Ambassador’s Residence Tokyo, Japan Thank you Reverend Murase, thank you to the firefighters here with us today, and to all of you for joining us at our residence on this solemn day of remembrance. For everyone here today, it is difficult to believe that 10 years have passed since the horrific events of September 11, 2001 - a day ...
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