Embassy of the United States Tokyo, Japan

June 2010

• Report on Compliance with the Hague Convention (6/4/10)
• eJournal "See You in the U.S.A. II" (6/1/10)

May 2010

• Spending on Information and Communication Technology in 2008 (5/26/10)
• National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (5/26/10)
• National Drug Control Strategy (5/12/10)
• Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation (5/12/10)
• American View. Spring 2010 (5/11/10)
• Language Use in the United States: 2007 (5/7/10)
• Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008 (5/6/10)
• Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (5/6/10)

April 2010

• U.S.A. History in Brief: Learner English Edition (4/27/10)
• Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (4/23/10)
• Measuring the Green Economy (4/23/10)
• America's Great Outdoors (4/20/10)
• Campus Attacks: Targeted Violence Affecting Institutions of Higher Education (4/20/10)
• Removing the Shroud of Secrecy (4/20/10)
• Community Ideas for Improving the Response to the Domestic HIV Epidemic (4/13/10)
• Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions and Digest of Education Statistics (4/12/10)
• "American Lives" (4/2/10)
• Education Reconciliation Act (4/1/10)
• Work-Life Balance and the Economics of Workplace Flexibility (4/1/10)

March 2010

• Health Insurance Reform Bill (3/29/10)
• The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009 (3/26/10)
• National Broadband Plan (3/18/10)
• Remarks at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (3/17/10)
• 2009 Internet Crime Report (3/17/10)
• Health, United States, 2009 (3/1/10)

February 2010

• Presidential Memorandum - Establishing a Task Force on Childhood Obesity (2/16/10)
• National African American History Month 2010(2/4/10)
• Volunteering in the United States, 2009 (2/1/10)

January 2010

• The 2010 State of the Union Address (1/28/10)
• American View. Winter 2010 (1/22/10)
• Video: Federal Protections Against Immigration-Related Discrimination in the Workplace (1/12/10)

Report on Compliance with the Hague Convention (6/4/10)

Hague Abduction Convention Compliance Report Sent to Congress
Department of State
June 1, 2010
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Report on Compliance with the Hague Convention
on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Department of State
April 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 4.3MB)

Reports on Compliance with the Hague Abduction Convention
Department of State
[View Website]

eJournal "See You in the U.S.A. II" (6/1/10)

See You in the U.S.A. II
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
eJournal USA, Volume 15, Number 5, May 2010　
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[View Document] (PDF - 1.8MB)

Spending on Information and Communication Technology in 2008 (5/26/10)

Census Bureau Reports 11 Percent Increase in U.S. Business Spending on Information and Communication Technology in 2008
U.S. Census Bureau
May 20, 2010
[View Website]

2008 Information and Communication Technology Survey
U.S. Census Bureau
May 20, 2010
[View Website]

Information and Communication Technology Survey
U.S. Census Bureau
[View Website]

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (5/26/10)

Executive Order-- National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
The White House
May 22, 2010
[View Website]

Weekly Address: President Obama Establishes Bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
The White House
May 22, 2010
[View Website]

Weekly Address: BP Spill Independent Commission
The White House
May 22, 2010
[View Website]

National Drug Control Strategy (5/12/10)

National Drug Control Strategy
The President's National Drug Control Strategy
The White House, 2010
[View Website]

President Obama Releases National Strategy to Reduce Drug Use and Its Consequences
The White House
May 11, 2010
[View Website]

2010 National Strategy
Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House
[View Website]

Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation (5/12/10)

Childhood Obesity Task Force Unveils Action Plan: Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation
The White House
May 11, 2010
[View Website]

Remarks by the First Lady at "Let's Move" Action Plan Announcement with Cabinet Secretaries
The White House
May 11, 2010
[View Website]

American View. Spring 2010 (5/11/10)

Women's Issues
"American View" Spring 2010
U.S. Embassy Tokyo　
[View Website]

Language Use in the United States: 2007 (5/7/10)

Language Use in the United States: 2007
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce
April 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 1.12MB)

New Census Bureau Report Analyzes Nation’s Linguistic Diversity: Population Speaking a Language Other than English at Home Increases by 140 Percent in Past Three Decades
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce
April 27, 2010

Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008 (5/6/10)

Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
April 2010

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (5/6/10)

Remarks by the President on Oil Spill
The White House
May 2, 2010
[View Website]

A Massive and Potentially Unprecedented Environmental Disaster
The White House
May 2, 2010
[View Website]

The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill
The White House
May 5, 2010
[View Website]

Unified Command "Deepwater Horizon Response"
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
Deepwater Horizon Response
[View Website]

U.S.A. History in Brief: Learner English Edition (4/27/10)

U.S.A. History in Brief
Learner English Edition
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
April 2010
[View Website]

PDF
[View Document] (PDF - 4MB)

Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (4/23/10)

United States, Gates Foundation, Partner Nations Announce Proposed Contributions to Global Food Security Trust Fund
U.S. Department of Treasury
April 22, 2010
[View Website]

Treasury Secretary Geithner Remarks at the Announcement on International Commitment to Fight Global Hunger and Poverty
U.S. Department of Treasury
April 22, 2010
[View Website]

Foundation Joins Global Trust Fund to Support Small Farmers
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
April 22, 2010
[View Website]

Measuring the Green Economy (4/23/10)

New Commerce Department Reports Lay Foundation for Measuring Green Economy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
April 21, 2010
[View Website]

Measuring the Green Economy
Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
April 2010
[View Document] (PDF 3.34MB, 50p.)

U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Intensities over Time: A Detailed Accounting of Industries, Government and Households
Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
April 2010
[View Document] (PDF 742KB, 42p.)

America's Great Outdoors (4/20/10)

Presidential Memorandum -- America's Great Outdoors
The White House
April 16, 2010
[View Website]

Remarks by the President at America's Great Outdoors Conference
The White House
April 16, 2010
[View Website]

Creating a 21st Century Strategy for America's Outdoors
The White House
April 16, 2010
[View Website]

Presidential Proclamation--National Park Week
The White House
April 16, 2010
[View Website]

Campus Attacks: Targeted Violence Affecting Institutions of Higher Education (4/20/10)

Campus Attacks: Targeted Violence Affecting Institutions of Higher Education
U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Department of Education, Federal Bureau of Investigation
April 2010. 33p.
[View Document] (PDF - 254kb)

New Study of Targeted Violence Affecting U.S. Institutions of Higher Education Released
U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Department of Education, Federal Bureau of Investigation
April 15, 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 49kb)

Removing the Shroud of Secrecy (4/20/10)

Removing the Shroud of Secrecy: Making Government More Transparent and Accountable Part II
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security. U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
April 13, 2010
[View Website]

Hearing on March 23 [View Website]

Around the Government
The White House
[View Website]

Open for Change
The White House
April 7, 2010
[View Website]

Open Government Initiative
The White House
[View Website]

Community Ideas for Improving the Response to the Domestic HIV Epidemic (4/13/10)

ONAP Releases Report of Community Recommendations for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House
April 9, 2010
[View Website]

Community Ideas for Improving the Response to the Domestic HIV Epidemic: A Report on a National Dialogue on HIV/AIDS
Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House
April 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 14.7MB)

National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House
[View Website]

Beating AIDS
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
[View Website]

Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions and Digest of Education Statistics (4/12/10)

Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2008; Graduation Rates, 2002 and 2005 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2008
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, April 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 1.87MB)

Digest of Education Statistics 2009
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, April 2010
HTML版
[View Website]
PDF版
[View Document] (PDF - 8.06MB)

Mini-Digest of Education Statistics 2009
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
April 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 848kb)

"American Lives" (4/2/10)

American Lives
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
March 2010
[View Website]

Contents:

• Introduction
• Innocence at Home
• Learning and Living
• Going into the World
• Freedom of Religion
• Patchwork Quilt
• On the Job
• At Play
• Retirement and After

Education Reconciliation Act (4/1/10)

President Obama Signs Historic Health Care and Education Legislation
The White House
March 30, 2010
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Remarks by the President and Dr. Jill Biden at Signing of Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
The White House
March 30, 2010
[View Website]

Making College More Affordable
The White House
[View Website]

Work-Life Balance and the Economics of Workplace Flexibility (4/1/10)

The Economics of Workplace Flexibility
The White House
March 31, 2010
[View Website]

Work-Life Balance and the Economics of Workplace Flexibility
Council of Economic Advisors, Executive Office of the President
The White House
March 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 249kb)

President and First Lady Host White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility
The White House
March 31, 2010
[View Website]

Health Insurance Reform Bill (3/29/10)

Remarks by the President and Vice President at Signing of the Health Insurance Reform Bill
The White House
March 23, 2010
[View Website]

Remarks by the President on Health Insurance Reform, University of Iowa Field House, Iowa City, Iowa
The White House
March 25, 2010
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Putting Americans In Control of Their Health Care
The White House
[View Website]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590)
[View Document] (PDF - 2.21MB)

Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872)
[View Website]

The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009 (3/26/10)

Press Release
Education Secretary Duncan Issues Statement on The Nation's Report Card in Reading for 4th, 8th Graders
U.S. Department of Education
March 24, 2010
[View Website]

Executive Summary - The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
March 2010
[View Website]

The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009
National Assessment of Educational Progress at Grades 4 and 8
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
March 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 6.8MB)

The Nation's Report Card
National Assessment of Educational Progress, National Center for Education Statistics
[View Website]

National Broadband Plan (3/18/10)

FCC Sends National Broadband Plan to Congress
Federal Communications Commission
March 16, 2010


Prepared Remarks of Chairman Julius Genachowski
March 2010 Open Agenda Meeting "A National Broadband Plan for Our Future"
Federal Communications Commission
March 16, 2010

Statement from the President on the National Broadband Plan
The White House
March 16, 2010
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Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan
Federal Communications Commission
March 16, 2010
[View Website] (HTML)
[View Document] (PDF - 11.4MB)

Broadband.gov
[View Website]

Remarks at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (3/17/10)

Remarks at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State, March 12, 2010
[View Website]

Remarks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State, March 10, 2010
[View Website]

Remarks at the Ninth Annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
March 10, 2010
[View Website]

Vital Voices Global Partnership
[View Website]

2009 Internet Crime Report (3/17/10)

IC3 2009 Annual Report on Internet Crime Released
Federal Bureau of Investigation
March 12, 2010

2009 Internet Crime Report
Internet Crime Complaint Center
March 2010
[View Website] (PDF - 4.77MB)

Health, United States, 2009 (3/1/10)

Press Release
Latest Report on the Nation's Health Shows Growing Medical Technology Use
Use of MRI and CT Scans Increasing Rapidly
National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
February 17, 2010
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Health, United States, 2009, with Special Feature on Medical Technology
National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
January 2010
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Health, United States, 2009 In Brief
National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
January 2010
[View Document] (PDF - 1.8MB)

Presidential Memorandum - Establishing a Task Force on Childhood Obesity (2/16/10)

Presidential Memorandum -- Establishing a Task Force on Childhood Obesity
The White House
February 9, 2010
[View Website]

Remarks by the President at Signing of Memorandum on Childhood Obesity
The White House
February 9, 2010
[View Website]

Video: Tackling Child Obesity
The White House
February 9, 2010
[View Website]

Childhood Overweight and Obesity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[View Website]

National African American History Month 2010 (2/4/10)

Presidential Proclamation: National African American History Month
The White House
February 1, 2010
[View Website]

Black (African-American) History Month: February 2010
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce
December 2, 2009

America.gov - Exploring Black History Month
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
[View Website]

Volunteering in the United States, 2009 (2/1/10)

Volunteering in the United States, 2009
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
January 26, 2010
[View Website]

PDF
[View Document] (PDF - 92kb)

The 2010 State of the Union Address (1/28/10)

Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address
The White House
January 27, 2010
[View Website]

The 2010 State of the Union Address - Video
[View Website]

Putting Washington at the Service of the Middle Class
The White House
January 27, 2010
[View Website]

America Must Lead Through Engagement, Obama Says
Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State
January 27, 2010
[View Website]

State of the Union
U.S. Government Printing Office
[View Website]

State of the Union Messages
The American Presidency Project
University of California, Santa Barbara
[View Website]

Video: Federal Protections Against Immigration-Related Discrimination in the Workplace (1/12/10)

Press Release
Justice Department Releases Video Explaining Federal Protections Against Immigration-Related Discrimination in the Workplace
U.S. Department of Justice
December 7, 2009
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Video
Federal Protections Against Immigration-Related Discrimination in the Workplace
U.S. Department of Justice

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