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...Christened the Harajuku Girls, they introduced the American public to a particular brand of the Japanese fashion scene, though its representation was severely skewed. The style originated in Tokyo’s eponymous district and draws upon countless chronological and geographical influences, both aesthetically and commercially—European luxury brands regularly vie for the attention of Harajuku consumers alongside local designers. The potential origins of this uniquely Japanese amalgamation of cultural pressures are currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in “Showa Sophistication: Japan in the 1930s,” which is on display...
...most recent European move to woo Iraq came this week when German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier made a surprise visit to Baghdad. In addition to discussing diplomatic issues, Steinmeier made it clear that restoring the bustling business that Germany Inc. was doing in Iraq before the war is a key priority for Berlin. "Germany wants to assist Iraq in reconstruction," declared Steinmeier, who was accompanied by a delegation of German business leaders. "My visit demonstrates that we want to support this new Iraq on the path of democratic consolidation." (See pictures of Basra bouncing back...
...host, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, how French investment would be mutually beneficial. "We seek cooperation in the economic field, energy, rebuilding, and to help the police, security and Iraqi military forces, as well as restoring the international position of Iraq," Sarkozy promised. "We want to encourage all European countries to come. It is in Europe's interest to extend a hand here and to support the peace...
There's nothing new about Washington asking its European allies to start pulling their military weight. But when American Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for additional European troop support for the war in Afghanistan on Thursday, the sense of futility was all too obvious. Even as Gates asked Europe for help, he let on that he doesn't actually expect much. President Barack Obama's White House "is a new administration and there clearly will be expectations that the allies must do more," Gates said Thursday during a trip to Poland, his first abroad since being retained as Defense Secretary...
...also wants to reassure Washington and certain E.U. capitals that France's plans to strengthen Europe's own defense can help the NATO alliance rather than undermine it. "France needs to put an end to questions in the minds of certain allies about whether its desire to construct a European defense identity is in part designed to weaken NATO," Tertrais says. "Total reintegration into NATO would not only alleviate these suspicions, but also bring France's evolution even with other European Union nation members in NATO. Since it was created in 1992, one important aspect of European evolution has been...