TOKYO >> Crowds gathered Friday to enjoy Japan’s famed cherry blossoms in Tokyo, where cold weather has delayed their bloom.
Fumio and Yuko Kishida honoured with state dinner to recognise ‘flourishing’ relationship between US and Japan, says Jill BidenDry-aged rib eye steak, cherry blossoms and the music of Paul Simon will be provided for the more than 200 guests expected to attend a White House state dinner being thrown for Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, his wife, Yuko.A lavish state dinner is a tool of US diplomacy, and a high honour that is used sparingly and only to America’s closest allies. In the case of...
Photographer David Levene has been enjoying the sights of spring – delicate cherry blossom in the Japanese garden at the National Trust’s Kingston Lacy country house in Wimborne, Dorset and the Mount Fuji cherry trees at Mottisfont Abbey, sheltered in the valley of the River Test in Hampshire Continue reading
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WASHINGTON >> Dry-aged rib eye steak, cherry blossoms and the music of Paul Simon are on tap for more than 200 guests who are expected to attend a swanky White House state dinner today to celebrate the relationship between the United States and Japan.
The cherry blossoms in High Park are expected to bloom right on schedule next week. Peak bloom, which is when more than 70 per cent of the blossoms are open, is expected to begin on April 22 and last for about four to 10 days depending on the weather conditions. “We are on track, we are on schedule,” Rohith Rao, fundraising and communications director at the High Park Nature Centre, told CTV News Toronto. “Peak bloom typically happens between late April and early May and we are still on...
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rib eye steak, cherry blossoms and Paul Simon will be features of a White House state dinner for Japan. More than 200 guests are expected at the swanky affair being held Wednesday to honor Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and relations between the United States and Japan. President
Dry-aged rib eye steak, cherry blossoms and the music of Paul Simon are on tap for more than 200 guests who are expected to attend a swanky White House state dinner on Wednesday to celebrate the relationship between the United States and Japan.
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Rapidus, a chip contract manufacturer, or foundry, in Japan, announced it set up a U.S. subsidiary and opened an office in Silicon Valley.
China constantly uses coercion and pressures other countries, including Japan and the Philippines, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said on Monday. Emanuel made the remark at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event in Washington days before U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and