Few weeks are as historic in the shared history of Japan, the Philippines, and the United States as this one. The focus this week will be on these countries’ three leaders — Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. — and their summit in Washington. But … Read more
Advertisement Our popular memory of World War II in the Asia-Pacific theater focuses almost entirely upon the maritime dimensions of this titanic struggle between the Allies and Japan. This simple narrative holds that the U.S. Army fought the war in Europe while the U.S. Navy dealt with Japan in a waterborne and aerial struggle, and … Read more
TheStarsHub — It’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese warplanes launched a devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sinking or damaging 19 US Navy ships, destroying 180 US aircraft and killing more than 2,400 Americans, servicemen and civilians. “A day that will live in infamy,” in … Read more
TheStarsHub — Malaysian authorities have detained a Chinese-flagged cargo ship amid reports of the salvaging of World War II shipwrecks in Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone, according to a report from the state-run Bernama news agency. The ship was detained and boarded after it was found not to have authorization to anchor in the waters under … Read more
ASEAN Beat | Society | Southeast Asia The Fuzhou-registered vessel was found to be carrying an artillery shell and scrap metal believed to be at least 80 years old. A member of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency indicates the artillery shell found aboard a Fuzhou-registered barge that is suspected of pillaging British shipwrecks off the coast of Malaysia, May … Read more
Advertisement Located on the west side of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, a 4.5 meter stone tower stands on a large turtle-shaped base. The turtle faces the direction of the Korean Peninsula; as Korean legend goes, the spirits of the dead ascend to heaven on the back of a turtle. At the top of the tower, … Read more
Advertisement All five Central Asian presidents joined Russian President Vladimir Putin for the annual May 9 Victory Day parade. Alongside Putin and the presidents of Armenia and Belarus, the gathered presidents watched a scaled-down military parade at Red Square and placed flowers at the nearby Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The May 9 holiday marks … Read more