Toyko

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was grousing about John Bolton, his national security adviser, at his Florida club not long ago. Guests heard Trump complaining about the advice he was getting and wondering if Bolton was taking him down a path he did not want to go. For a president who runs hot and cold on nearly all of his advisers, private carping may not mean that much. But in recent days, the disconnect between Trump and Bolton has spilled over into public, sowing confusion around the world about U.S. foreign policy. The disparity was on stark display during Trump's four-day visit to Japan that ended Tuesday after he contradicted Bolton on high-stakes confrontations with both Iran and North Korea. Trump declared that, unlike Bolton, he was not seeking regime change in Iran and he asserted that, contrary to what Bolton had said, recent North Korean missile tests did not violate U.N. resolutions. In playing dove to Bolton's hawk, Trump may be simply keeping adversaries off … [Read more...] about Trump-Bolton disconnect went on display in Toyko

TOKYO -- One of Japan's busiest airports remained closed indefinitely after the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in at least 25 years flooded a runway and other facilities while damaging other infrastructure and causing at least 10 deaths as it swept across part of Japan's main island. More than 400,000 households in western and central Japan were without power Wednesday, a day after Typhoon Jebi struck with sustained winds of 100 miles per hour at landfall. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at least 10 people were confirmed dead and about 300 people were injured. A tanker that became unmoored by the typhoon's pounding waves and wind slammed into a bridge linking offshore Kansai International Airport to the mainland, damaging the bridge and the ship and stranded 3,000 passengers overnight at the airport. Under sunny skies Wednesday morning, they left by boat or were transported by buses across an intact road on the damaged bridge. The airport is built on two artificial islands … [Read more...] about Typhoon kills at least 10, shutters major Japanese airport