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When Japanese Self-defense Forces (SDF) troops departed for Iraq in 2004, they carried with them the fears of a divided nation, the historical burden of Japan's wartime actions-and Prince Pickles. The Prince, one of the SDF's cartoon mascots, is a cutesy manga character with saucer eyes and an oversized helmet who is supposed to soften the image of the Japanese military. Although the Prince seems unfit for service in a war zone, he's probably a perfect symbol for the SDF, which by law cannot use force beyond the minimum needed to defend itself...
...there won't be, as long as Japan rests snugly beneath the U.S. security umbrella as it has for over 60 years. The country is defended not so much by the SDF as it is by American jets, ships and nukes. Tokyo bears some of the financial burden, and Washington has begun to make noises about Japan picking up more of the tab-U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer told a group of reporters last month "we would hope they would be able to spend more." But this is unlikely. Even as staunch a conservative as Hisahiko Okazaki, a former diplomat...
...reassured that someone is assigned to look after them.“I think one of the real benefits of compensating the Fellows, that is, recognizing the responsibility of the Fellows, is that it allows the freshmen to not feel that they’re being a burden,” advising program manager Brooks Lambert-Sluder ‘05 says. “Freshmen can see that this is the Fellows’ job and they don’t feel bad when they IM their Fellow at 10 PM asking how to get to a certain class...
...trumps the individual. "It's a notion of collective responsibility," says Mike Breen, the author of The Koreans. When a Korean does something wonderful, the country rejoices, but when one of its own goes off the rails, like Cho Seung-Hui, there's a collective sense of shame and burden. So much so that South Korea's Ambassador to the U.S., Lee Tae Shik, pledged to fast for 32 days to show his sorrow today. "I can smell a collective sense of guilt," says Lim Jie-Hyun, a history professor at Hangyang University in Seoul. "There is confusion [in Korea...
...court also turned back arguments that the law was too vague and an "undue burden" on the constitutional right. The law's challengers said its imprecision would stop not only "intact D&E" - the controversial process of removing the fetus whole (hence the phrase partial birth) - but also standard D&E, which involves removing the fetus in pieces. Together, the procedures account for most second-trimester abortions. But Kennedy, writing for the court majority of himself, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts and Samuel Alito, said the statute was plenty precise, especially since a doctor couldn't violate it without...