Debate over relocating Marine base opens rift in US-Japan ties Political wrangling by Japan’s new government over plans to move a major US Marine base on Okinawa has opened a wide rift in Washington’s most important Asian alliance ahead of President Obama’s visit later this week.By: Eric Talmadge|Date: Nov 11, 2009

TOKYO - Japan’s ruling conservative party, battered by a laggard economy and voter desire for change after more than half a century of virtual one-party rule, was expected to suffer an overwhelming defeat today in parliamentary elections.By: Eric Talmadge|Date: Aug 30, 2009

...Whichever party is better able to appeal to that floating electorate is going to win." ------ EDITOR'S NOTE -- Eric Talmadge is the Tokyo News Editor for The Associated Press and has been reporting in Japan for 20 years.By: Eric Talmadge|Date: Jul 15, 2009

Tens of thousands of well-wishers gathered outside Japan's moat-ringed Imperial Palace -- many shouting "Banzai," a traditional wish for long life -- to mark Thursday's 20th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's coronation to the world's oldest throne.By: Eric Talmadge|Date: Nov 12, 2009

TOKYO -- Toxic fumes spread through Tokyo's crowded commuter subway system at the peak of this morning's rush hour in what the government said was an intentional attack. At least five people were killed and thousands were sickened, and transportation was paralyzed. A government spokesman, Kozo Igarashi, said the poisonings were a ''random mass attack,'' and Kyodo news service said police were treating the case as a murder inquiry.By: Eric Talmadge, Associated Press|Date: Mar 20, 1995

ATOP MOUNT FUJI, Japan -- The climb was over.

Kelly Perkins stood on the summit of Mount Fuji, a freezing wind whipping through her short blonde hair, a mix of tears and rain streaming down her cheeks.

By: Eric Talmadge, Associated Press|Date: Jul 19, 1998

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