Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like traveling through Antarctic waters, where we have to avoid icebergs without damaging the ship. Both nations do function under a democratic party system, so neither of us can afford to take such a great risk that we endanger our administrations. Both the Congress and the Japanese Diet, while maintaining compassion for each other's position, should try to measure the depth of the water and to use radar to detect the existence of icebergs so we will not drown or sink. If we navigate carefully, and if we show strong resolve, no problem is impossible to solve...
...strategic interests are more important. Since my administration came into power, I have clearly enunciated Japan's approach, Japan's determination and Japan's will. For example, I agreed to share military technology with the U.S. At the same time, during deliberations in the Diet, I clearly indicated what we could and could not do within the framework of the Japanese constitution. All of this is much more important than the mere purchase of military equipment...
Nakasone's long-range goal is to make Japan strong enough to defend itself, including its skies and territorial waters, and to protect its sea lanes. Despite the recession, Nakasone got the Diet to approve a 6.5% increase (after inflation) in defense spending this year. Two weeks ago, he announced that he would ask for a 6.9% boost in 1984 defense outlays; at the same time, most other departments were ordered to cut their budgets by 10%. But even if Nakasone can raise military expenditures by 7% or 8% over the next five years, U.S. officials will...
Only the wealthiest 1% of the populace could vote for the lower house of the Diet, and the upper house was reserved for the aristocracy...
...Diet voted to create 19 more research and industrial centers around the country. Construction of these "technopolises" could stretch into the 21st century. But by then, Japan may have closed much of the gap with the West in scientific creativity. -By Frederic Golden. Reported by Thomas Levenson/Tokyo