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...anti-U.S. nuclear deterrent dropped. True, eroding an entrenched autocracy and dispelling nationalist predilections for a nuclear state are not simple tasks. Yet the solution lies in appealing to Iran’s strong interest in reconciling with the U.S. Bullying and demonizing only undermines both these objectives. Taro Tsuda ’07, a Crimson editorial editor, is a government concentrator in Pforzheimer House...
...China. In February, the Japanese government joined the U.S. in declaring peace in the Taiwan Strait a "common strategic objective"?a move highly provocative to China that would have been unfathomable even five years ago. After a postelection cabinet reshuffle in November, Koizumi's newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister, Taro Aso, said "Japan should first continue to build strong relations with America and, based on this, deepen relations with other Asian nations." That same month, the LDP drafted a plan to alter Article 9, the constitutional clause that famously renounces war, while Tokyo announced a sweeping realignment of the Japan...
...Taro Tsuda ’07 is a government concentrator in Pforzheimer House...
...operations, and Koizumi has offered unstinting support for Bush's war in Iraq. Since 2004, the Japanese Prime Minister has dispatched around 550 troops to Iraq, where they remain, evidence that Japan still numbers itself among Bush's "coalition of the willing." Koizumi's newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Aso is explicit on how the government sees its priorities and ranks its friends. "Japan," Aso said on Nov. 2, "should first continue to build strong relations with America and, based on this, deepen relations with other Asian nations...
...APPOINTED. SHINZO ABE, 51, as Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, and TARO ASO, 65, as Foreign Minister; as part of a cabinet shuffle by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi; in Tokyo. Abe, a former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Aso, a veteran lawmaker, are both political thoroughbreds and the grandsons of former Prime Ministers. The elevation of the pair, each known for their assertive stances on Japan's relations with its Asian neighbors, sparked concerns in China and South Korea, whose relationships with Japan have soured over recent border disputes and lingering bitterness about Japan's past...