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...defuse a new outbreak of tensions. The two appeared stiff and uncomfortable as they stood side by side in the White House Rose Garden after a lackluster working lunch with senior advisers. Said Bush, who will return the visit later this month when he attends the state funeral for Emperor Hirohito: "Simply put, we respect one another. We need one another." Replied Takeshita: "In your words, the new breeze is blowing, Mr. President...
Thomas A. Scully, spokesperson for the public relations company in Tokyo that handles the Japan Prize, said while in Japan, the two prize winners would probably meet with Emperor Akihito and possible Prime Minister Takeshita...
...first weeks of his presidency is essentially a holding action. He has invited Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita to Washington this week for the first meeting with a foreign leader. Bush will visit Korea and the People's Republic of China after attending the Feb. 24 funeral of Japan's Emperor Hirohito. Before then, the President will pop up to Canada on Feb. 10, the day after he delivers his budget speech on Capitol Hill. Explained a senior official: "We're getting out of town...
Most Japanese, convinced that most of the nations that count are behaving with propriety, have paid little attention to the foreign debates. As for Hirohito's war guilt, the matter received a round of fresh attention after the Emperor fell ill in September. When his death halted regular programming for two days, Japanese television devoted extensive coverage, including rarely seen war footage, to Hirohito's career. But Japan seemed disinclined to indulge in an orgy of self-examination. Viewers bored with the special shows flooded video-rental stores across the country. Many Japanese worry less about an old war than...
...scandal looms as Bonn admits there is truth in U. S. charges. -- Should the U. S. pressure Israel to join Middle East peace talks? The leaders of Egypt and Jordan think so. -- Japan mourns the death of Emperor Hirohito. But a flap over who will attend his funeral suggests that some World War II wounds are not fully healed...