RIMPAC

Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, South Korea and the United Kingdom are regular participants. Several observer nations are invited, including, but not limited to, Chile, Ecuador, France, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore and Thailand. The United States contingent alone may include as many as several aircraft carrier strike groups, a dozen submarines, up to a hundred aircraft and 12,000 sailors, marines, coast guardsmen and their respective officers. The si ...

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RIMPAC, RIMPAC - Participants, RIMPAC - Purpose, RIMPAC - Experiments

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The Pacific Rim is a political and economic term used to designate the countries on the edges of the Pacific Ocean as well as the various island nations within the region. Tokyo is possibly the most important commercial and cultural capital of the Pacific Rim. Other centres are Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Sydney. Honolulu is the headquarters of various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations of the Paci ...

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Clausen, A. W. THE PACIFIC ASIAN COUNTRIES: A FORCE FOR GROWTH IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. Los Angeles: World Affairs Council, 1984. ED 244 852. Cleveland, Harlan. THE FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC BASIN: A KEYNOTE ADDRESS. New Zealand: Conference on New Zealand's Prospects in the Pacific Region, 1983. Gibney, Frank B., Ed. WHOLE PACIFIC CATALOG. Los Angeles, CA: l981. "The Pacific Basin Alliances, Trade and Bases." GREAT DECISIONS 1987. New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1987. ED 283 743. Rogers, Theodore S., and Robert L. Snakenber. "Language Studies in the Schools: A Pacific Prospect." ED ...

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Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim - Readings, Pacific Rim - External link

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Japan-United States relations - Post-war occupation period. Main article: Occupied Japan Japan-United States relations - 1950s: After the occupation. In the years after World War II, Japan's relations with the United States were placed on an equal footing for the first time at the end of the occupation by the Allied forces in April 1952. This equality, the legal basis of which was laid down in the peace treaty signed by forty-eight Allied nations and Japan, was initially ...

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Japan-United States relations, Japan-United States relations - Early historical relations, Japan-United States relations - Precedents, Japan-United States relations - First Visit 1852-1853, Japan-United States relations - Second Visit 1854, Japan-United States relations - First Japanese embassy to the US 1860, Japan-United States relations - Political relations, Japan-United States relations - Post-war occupation period, Japan-United States relations - 1950s: After the occupation, Japan-United States relations - 1960s: Military Alliance and return of territories, Japan-United States relations - 1970s: Indochina War and Middle-East crisis, Japan-United States relations - 1980s: Rise of the falcons, Japan-United States relations - 1990s: After the cold war, Japan-United States relations - New Millennium: A stronger alliance, Japan-United States relations - Economic relations, Japan-United States relations - Trade volume, Japan-United States relations - Trade frictions, Japan-United States relations - Frictions in the semiconductor industry sector, Japan-United States relations - Structural Impediments Initiative, Japan-United States relations - Direct Investment, Japan-United States relations - Military relations, Japan-United States relations - Ryukyu Islands, Japan-United States relations - Joint exercises, Japan-United States relations - Reference

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After commissioning on 13 March 1982, USS Carl Vinson was put to sea for a post-commissioning shakedown. Vinson departed on 1 March 1983 for its new homeport at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. Carl Vinson participated in RIMPAC '84 before departing 14 October 1984 for its first overseas deployment in the Western Pacific. From January until April of 1985 Carl Vinso ...

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USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 - Ship history

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The Mayor of Honolulu conducts official business from Honolulu Hale, a historic city hall building constructed in classical Spanish villa architectural styles and sits along King Street and Punchbowl Boulevard in downtown Honolulu. Other administrative officers under the Mayor of Honolulu work from separate municipal buildings on the larger civic campus of which Honolulu Hale is a part. In addition to his offices in Honolulu, Mufi Hannemann has pledged to work at least one day out of the week ...

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Mayor of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - Honolulu Hale and other offices, Mayor of Honolulu - Domestic Policy, Mayor of Honolulu - Command Structure, Mayor of Honolulu - Managing Director, Mayor of Honolulu - Foreign Policy, Mayor of Honolulu - First Lady of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - List of Mayors of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - Notable Candidates and Acting Mayors, Mayor of Honolulu - Resources

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The 1952 Mutual Security Assistance Pact provided the initial basis for the nation's security relations with the United States. The pact was replaced in 1960 by the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, which declares that both nations will maintain and develop their capacities to resist armed attack in common and that each recognizes that an armed attack on either one in territories administered by Japan will be considered dangerous to the safety of the other. The Agreed Minutes to the treaty specified that the Japanese government must ...

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Japan-United States relations, Japan-United States relations - Early historical relations, Japan-United States relations - Precedents, Japan-United States relations - First Visit 1852-1853, Japan-United States relations - Second Visit 1854, Japan-United States relations - First Japanese embassy to the US 1860, Japan-United States relations - Political relations, Japan-United States relations - Post-war occupation period, Japan-United States relations - 1950s: After the occupation, Japan-United States relations - 1960s: Military Alliance and return of territories, Japan-United States relations - 1970s: Indochina War and Middle-East crisis, Japan-United States relations - 1980s: Rise of the falcons, Japan-United States relations - 1990s: After the cold war, Japan-United States relations - New Millennium: A stronger alliance, Japan-United States relations - Economic relations, Japan-United States relations - Trade volume, Japan-United States relations - Trade frictions, Japan-United States relations - Frictions in the semiconductor industry sector, Japan-United States relations - Structural Impediments Initiative, Japan-United States relations - Direct Investment, Japan-United States relations - Military relations, Japan-United States relations - Ryukyu Islands, Japan-United States relations - Joint exercises, Japan-United States relations - Reference

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Numerous exchanges occurred between Japan and the Northern American continent during Japan's Nanban trade period in the early 17th century, without direct contacts with the colonies which were later to form the United States. Several Spanish ships from Nueva España (Mexico) established contact with Japan, and in 1611, the Spanish explorer Sebastian Vizcaino left for Japan from California to establish formal relations. This embassy was reciprocated in 1613 by the embassy of the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga, who travelled to Mexico and ...

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Japan-United States relations, Japan-United States relations - Early historical relations, Japan-United States relations - Precedents, Japan-United States relations - First Visit 1852-1853, Japan-United States relations - Second Visit 1854, Japan-United States relations - First Japanese embassy to the US 1860, Japan-United States relations - Political relations, Japan-United States relations - Post-war occupation period, Japan-United States relations - 1950s: After the occupation, Japan-United States relations - 1960s: Military Alliance and return of territories, Japan-United States relations - 1970s: Indochina War and Middle-East crisis, Japan-United States relations - 1980s: Rise of the falcons, Japan-United States relations - 1990s: After the cold war, Japan-United States relations - New Millennium: A stronger alliance, Japan-United States relations - Economic relations, Japan-United States relations - Trade volume, Japan-United States relations - Trade frictions, Japan-United States relations - Frictions in the semiconductor industry sector, Japan-United States relations - Structural Impediments Initiative, Japan-United States relations - Direct Investment, Japan-United States relations - Military relations, Japan-United States relations - Ryukyu Islands, Japan-United States relations - Joint exercises, Japan-United States relations - Reference

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From the courtyard of Honolulu Hale, the Mayor of Honolulu is mandated by the city and county charters to make an annual State of the City address. In this speech, the Mayor of Honolulu outlines the administrative and legislative agenda for the year. It is also a summation of the budget to be implemented compared to the budget of the previous year. The Mayor of Honolulu also organizes the major public services managed by the mayor's office. He or she oversees dozens of departments including: Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Hono ...

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Mayor of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - Honolulu Hale and other offices, Mayor of Honolulu - Domestic Policy, Mayor of Honolulu - Command Structure, Mayor of Honolulu - Managing Director, Mayor of Honolulu - Foreign Policy, Mayor of Honolulu - First Lady of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - List of Mayors of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - Notable Candidates and Acting Mayors, Mayor of Honolulu - Resources

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Honolulu is often considered the Geneva of the Pacific due to its commercial and trade, political and military, as well as academic influences over Asia and the Pacific Rim. Honolulu is the site of several international governmental and non-governmental organizations and summits, as well as the site of high profile multinational military exercises called RIMPAC. RIMPAC is conducted by the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command whose ...

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Mayor of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - Honolulu Hale and other offices, Mayor of Honolulu - Domestic Policy, Mayor of Honolulu - Command Structure, Mayor of Honolulu - Managing Director, Mayor of Honolulu - Foreign Policy, Mayor of Honolulu - First Lady of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - List of Mayors of Honolulu, Mayor of Honolulu - Notable Candidates and Acting Mayors, Mayor of Honolulu - Resources

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Japan-United States relations - Trade volume. The United States has been Japan's largest economic partner, taking 31.5 percent of its exports, supplying 22.3 percent of its imports, and accounting for 45.9 percent of its direct investment abroad in 1990. Japan's imports from the United States included both raw materials and manufactured goods. United States agricultural products were a leading import in 1990 (US$8.5 billion as measured by United States export statistics), made up of meat (US$1.5 billion), ...

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Japan-United States relations, Japan-United States relations - Early historical relations, Japan-United States relations - Precedents, Japan-United States relations - First Visit 1852-1853, Japan-United States relations - Second Visit 1854, Japan-United States relations - First Japanese embassy to the US 1860, Japan-United States relations - Political relations, Japan-United States relations - Post-war occupation period, Japan-United States relations - 1950s: After the occupation, Japan-United States relations - 1960s: Military Alliance and return of territories, Japan-United States relations - 1970s: Indochina War and Middle-East crisis, Japan-United States relations - 1980s: Rise of the falcons, Japan-United States relations - 1990s: After the cold war, Japan-United States relations - New Millennium: A stronger alliance, Japan-United States relations - Economic relations, Japan-United States relations - Trade volume, Japan-United States relations - Trade frictions, Japan-United States relations - Frictions in the semiconductor industry sector, Japan-United States relations - Structural Impediments Initiative, Japan-United States relations - Direct Investment, Japan-United States relations - Military relations, Japan-United States relations - Ryukyu Islands, Japan-United States relations - Joint exercises, Japan-United States relations - Reference

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The United States Pacific Command seeks to enhance interoperability between Pacific Rim armed forces, thereby promoting stability in the region to the benefit of all participating nations. The exercises are key to military readiness as Pacific Rim nations face the challenges of several "hot spots" of potential armed conflict. Contemporary Pacific Rim challenges include: threats of terrorism by groups in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines threats by China to invade Taiwan in the event of the island's declaration of independence threats by North Korea against the United St ...

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RIMPAC, RIMPAC - Participants, RIMPAC - Purpose, RIMPAC - Experiments

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