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...appears committed to burnishing Japan's global influence. Over the past decade, the nation's foreign-aid budget has nosedived. In the early 1990s, flush with cash from its long boom, Japan was the world's largest donor. Now, it's fifth. Aso might reverse the trend. In August, Japan's Foreign Ministry requested a 13.6% increase in next year's foreign-aid budget. In October, Aso made headlines when he signed off on a record $4.5 billion loan to India. That commitment followed on the heels of Japan's promise in May to double the amount...
...payoffs haven't been bad. During the August crisis in the Caucasus, Chancellor Angela Merkel sounded as if she might welcome Georgia and the Ukraine into NATO soon. No more; it is back to a pretty clear nein for a very long time. To Moscow, Berlin now offers "as close and reliable a partnership as possible...
...through Washington to shielding President Jimmy Carter's daughter, Amy, from a charging elephant at a pet show on Ethel Kennedy's Virginia estate. While the demeanor (sunglasses, earpieces, constant vigilance) and the danger are what captivate the public, monitoring for fiscal malfeasance is still half the job. In August, the Secret Service helped crack what was heralded as the largest identity-theft ring in U.S. history...
...Help may be on the way. The troubled industry got a small boost in August, when 204 Indonesian professionals - mostly experienced nurses - arrived to work at over 100 Japanese care centers and hospitals as part of a new economic agreement between Japan and Indonesia. The program plans to bring about 800 more Indonesian caregivers to Japan over the next two years - an unprecedented move in a country that has never allowed foreign labor in this large sector before. "The question is whether the labor shortage can be solved by Japanese hands alone," says Yuko Hirano, associate professor of health sociology...
...Last month, Notchi only had seven days in which he did not appear on Japanese television. (This time last year, he only had seven days of work booked - total.) And he's winning some big fans. When Notchi met Will Smith on a popular afternoon TV show in August, Smith told him, "I will vote...