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The earthquake and subsequent tsunami cause almost 20,000 deaths. US President Barack Obama offers his condolences and says that the United States will "stand with [Japan] as they recover and rebuild from this tragedy". [32] December 2013: Japan approves moving the American military base in Okinawa to a less densely-populated area of the island ...
Japanese American history is the history of Japanese Americans or the history of ethnic Japanese in the United States. People from Japan began immigrating to the U.S. in significant numbers following the political, cultural, and social changes stemming from the 1868 Meiji Restoration.
This is a list of Japanese inventions and discoveries.The Japanese have made contributions across a number of scientific, technological and art domains. In particular, the country has played a crucial role in the digital revolution since the 20th century, with many modern revolutionary and widespread technologies in fields such as electronics and robotics introduced by Japanese inventors and ...
They originated in Japan and were introduced to the US by the Japanese. [70] In China, they are considered American, and are rare. [71] Julius Caesar did not invent Caesar salad. Its creator was Caesar Cardini, an Italian-American restaurateur, in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1924. [72] [73] Hydrox is not a knock-off of Oreos. Hydrox, invented in 1908 ...
No, American stocks haven't seen a bear market spanning decades. Nor have we seen persistent deflation. But the U.S. equity markets are getting scary, not because valuations are frothy, but ...
Nissan Cabstar (日産・キャブスター Nissan Kyabusutā) is the name used in Japan for two lines of pickup trucks and light commercial vehicles sold by Nissan and built by UD Nissan Diesel, a Volvo AB company and by Renault-Nissan Alliance for the European market. The name originated with the 1968 Datsun Cabstar, but this was gradually ...
7-Eleven began its story in 1927 by selling ice (really) in America before expanding its range of items to snacks, Big Gulps and Slurpees over the many decades its been around. In 1974, the ...
In 1988 Japan imported US$6.9 billion of machinery from the United States, of which computers and computer parts (US$2.4 billion) formed the largest single component. [164] In the category of transportation equipment, Japan imported US$2.2 billion of aircraft and parts (automobiles and parts accounted for only US$500 million). [164] [needs update]