US, Japan ramp up FAS aid
![Marshall Islands Foreign Minister John Silk, center red shirt, with Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono (to his left) and Japan delegation on visit to Majuro August 8. Kono announced a variety of Japan aid to the Marshall Islands during the short visit. Photo: Giff Johnson. US, Japan ramp up FAS aid](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/japan-8-16.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSON World War II battlegrounds, 1950s hydrogen bomb test sites, and prized real estate controlled by the United States during the Cold War era with the former Soviet Union, the islands of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands in the north Pacific were relegated to backwater outposts the past three decades […]