Japan & South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law They are also US allies Yet despite their shared interests shared values & geographic proximity divergent national identities have driven a wedge between them Drawing on decades of expertise Brad Glosserman & Scott A Snyder investigate the roots of this split & its ongoing threat to the region & the world Glosserman & Snyder isolate competing notions of national identity as the main obstacle to a productive partnership between Japan & South Korea Through public opinion data interviews & years of observation they show how fundamentally incompatible rapidly changing conceptions of national identity in Japan & South Korea-and not struggles over power or structural issues-have complicated territorial claims & international policy Despite changes in the governments of both countries & concerted efforts by leading political figures to encourage US-ROK-Japan security cooperation the Japan-South Korea relationship continues to be hobbled by history & its deep imprint on ideas of national identity This book recommends bold policy-oriented prescriptions for overcoming problems in Japan-South Korea relations & facilitating trilateral cooperation among these three Northeast Asian allies recognizing the power of the public on issues of foreign policy international relations & the prospects for peace in Asia ...

The design work on the new carrier commenced as early as 1937 & the initial design was unveiled on 27 November & received the number "02" On 21 July 1938 corrections were done to the design & it was approved The ship of displacement of 27800 tons was ordered It was included into Navy development program approved on 8 December 1938 After the acceptance of the main specifications of the carrier work on the detailed design could be commenced (the work began in December 1939) Due to several delays the ship was laid down as late as 10 July 1941 at Kawasaki shipyard in Kobe Until 5 March 1943 when the ship was named she was known as the hull number 130 The official christening took place before launching on 7 April 1943 The ship was named TAIHO (Great Phoenix) On 3 February 1944 the ship was towed to the Navy Shipyard in Kure for further equipping On 7 March 1944 the ship was commissioned & entered service ...

From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted multigenerational love story In 1939 as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis & the world goes to war young Alma Belasco's parents send her overseas to live with an aunt & uncle in their opulent San Francisco mansion There she meets Ichimei Fukuda the son of the family's Japanese gardener & between them a tender love blossoms but following Pearl Harbor the two are cruelly pulled apart Throughout their lifetimes Alma & Ichimei reunite again & again but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world Decades later Alma is nearing the end of her long & eventful life Irina Bazili a care worker struggling to reconcile her own troubled past meets the older woman & her grandson Seth at Lark House nursing home As Irina & Seth forge a friendship they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts & letters sent to Alma & learn about Ichimei & this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years ...

From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted multigenerational love story In 1939 as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis & the world goes to war young Alma Belasco's parents send her overseas to live with an aunt & uncle in their opulent San Francisco mansion There she meets Ichimei Fukuda the son of the family's Japanese gardener & between them a tender love blossoms but following Pearl Harbor the two are cruelly pulled apart Throughout their lifetimes Alma & Ichimei reunite again & again but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world Decades later Alma is nearing the end of her long & eventful life Irina Bazili a care worker struggling to reconcile her own troubled past meets the older woman & her grandson Seth at Lark House nursing home As Irina & Seth forge a friendship they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts & letters sent to Alma & learn about Ichimei & this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years ...

Is there a recipe for happiness? Meg certainly thinks so She collects all the necessary ingredients in a jar which she uses to cheer up her friends & family when they're feeling low But what happens when her special jar mysteriously disappears? Will Meg feel sad forever more or will she find other ways to be happy? ...

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