Question: Are Strangers in Paradise and Half Japanese both from the United States?

Context articles: Paradise Inn (Washington)
Half Japanese
WhoIsParadise
Paradise, Washington
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet
I Talk to Strangers
Rapider Than Horsepower
Paradise (John Anderson album)
Strangers in Paradise (band)
Charles Bond (pilot)

Paradise Inn is a historic hotel built in 1916 at 5400 ft on the south slope of Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, United States.
 The inn is named after Paradise, the area of the mountain in which it is located.
 The Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center and the 1920 Paradise Guide House are also at this location.
 The inn and guide house are where many climbers start their ascent of the mountain.
 The inn is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a major component of the Paradise Historic District.
 Additionally, it is part of the Mount Rainier National Historic Landmark District, which encompasses the entire park and which recognizes the park's inventory of National Park Service rustic architecture.
Half Japanese is an art punk band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair around 1975, sometime after the family's relocation to Uniontown, Maryland.
 Their original instrumentation included a small drum set, which they took turns playing; vocals; and an out-of-tune, distorted guitar.
 Both Fair brothers sang, although over time Jad moved into the frontman role.
 The band members are John Sluggett - guitar, Gilles-Vincent Rieder - drums, Jason Willett - bass, Mick Hobbs - guitar, and Jad Fair - vocals and guitar.
Marcus "Paradise" Dawes (born 23 February 1973), also known by his stage names Paradise and WhoIsParadise, is a British-American rapper, poet, songwriter and community activist.
 He is best recognized as the co-founder and frontman of the Brixton-based Hip hop group, The 57th Dynasty.
 Raised in the United States, he spent his childhood and teenage years in New York City and is considered an allochthonous son of the city.
 Mentored by The Black Panthers as a youth; Paradise's lyrics frequently use social and political themes inspired by personal experiences.
 During The 57th Dynasty's early years, Paradise's lyrics contributed to their rebellious and spiritual tone.
 His debut and sophomore albums with the group, "The Spoken Word" (1996) and "Boro 6 Vol.
 2 - A Dynasty Truly Like No Other" (2002) are considered landmark albums.
Paradise is the name of an area at approximately 5400 ft on the south slope of Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, United States.
 The area lies on the border of Pierce and Lewis counties and includes the Paradise Valley and the Paradise Glacier which is the source of the Paradise River.
 Virinda Longmire named Paradise in the summer of 1885 while she viewed the wildflowers in the alpine meadows there.
 Paradise also offers views of Mount Rainier and the Tatoosh Range.
Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet is an album by rock musician Rick Springfield, released by RCA Records in 1982.
 The album was certified Platinum in the United States, and produced three top 40 singles; "Don't Talk to Strangers" (#2 - for four weeks), "What Kind of Fool Am I" (#21, not the show tune of the same name) and "I Get Excited" (#32).
 "Don't Talk to Strangers" and "Calling All Girls" also received considerable Album Rock airplay, charting at #11 and #4 respectively.
The I TALK TO STRANGERS Foundation is an organization which creates events and partnerships with the aim of promoting dialogue and collaborations among strangers.
 The foundation is governed by an independent board of directors.
 The I Talk to Strangers Foundation was founded by Robbie Stokes, Jr., a former Washington, D.C.
 event coordinator for a congressional delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
Rapider Than Horsepower is an indie rock band from Indiana, United States.
 Rapider Than Horsepower’s ouvre is most easily recognized by their singer’s transcendently nasal quality.
 Where The Mae Shi (with whom they shared a split EP), Fat Day or Half Japanese snap, RTH’s brand of geek-rock buckles; they lie at a crossroads between nerdy noise rock and spazz pop, bizarre funk and bizarre-er power balladry.
Paradise is the sixteenth studio album of country music artist John Anderson.
 It was released in 1996 under the BNA Records label.
 The album produced the singles: "Paradise" (also recorded by Pirates of the Mississippi on their 1995 album "Paradise"), which peaked at 26 on United States Country charts and 21 on Canadian charts, "Long Hard Lesson Learned", which peaked at 51 and "My Kind of Crazy", which peaked at 67.
Strangers In Paradise is a British alternative rock band from Harrogate, England.
 Originally they were formed as a trio although they have since hired Adam Tait for Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar.
 They have released two EPs; additionally the band have released two songs featuring Tree and Souldeep both released on their second EP Weight Of Possibility which was released in 2014.
Charles Rankin Bond, Jr. (April 22, 1915 – August 18, 2009) was an American pilot and United States Air Force officer.
 He served with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China during World War II.
 He was shot down twice and was credited with shooting down nine and a half Japanese airplanes.
 He later served in the Soviet Union as an aide and personal pilot to W. Averell Harriman.
 He rose to the level of brigadier general and, during the Vietnam War, he was the deputy commanding officer of the 2nd Air Division in Vietnam and the 13th Air Force in the Philippines.
 He retired from the United States Air Force in 1968 as commander of the Twelfth Air Force.
 In 1984, Bond's diary of his service with the Flying Tigers was published and became a bestseller.