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...home, Hatoyama's ideas have struck a chord with those who want their country to chart a new course. For decades - ever since its defeat in World War II, in fact - Japan has struggled to define its role in the world. Though in many respects a political and economic power in its own right, Japan has remained reliant on the U.S. for its own security. (Japan's postwar constitution renounces the use of force in international disputes.) The stabilizing presence of the U.S. military in Asia is as crucial as ever to Japan, which shares the same neighborhood...
...that way, Hatoyama's new foreign policy may be simply acknowledging the changing global balance of power. "Everyone understands that Japan's foreign policy is going to have to accommodate China," says Smith, of the Council on Foreign Relations. "Japan lives right next door." But that fact will also make it difficult for Japan to drift too far from its close alliance with the U.S. Hatoyama "is trying to move Japan closer to Asia to get more autonomy from the U.S.," explains Ellis Krauss, a professor of Japanese politics at the University of California at San Diego. But Japan...
...fact, this recent caller seems to resemble the one who called female Hollis residents in the fall of 2008. At that time, this "phone whisperer" made early-morning calls to tell students he was "crazy about...
...earlier version of the Apr. 16 news article "Malan Plans to Cut Letter Grades for CS50" incorrectly stated that starting next fall, all students will be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis in Computer Science 50. In fact, some students will be allowed to take the course for a letter grade...
...spend the next month fixated by the unforeseen twists and drama of an epic battle drawing to a climactic conclusion. Oh, and there's an election on too. But the final weeks of England's domestic soccer season promises elation for some and frustration for others. Mindful of the fact that the neck-and-neck race for the English Premier League title between Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal will generate greater passion than the May 6 general-election contest pitting the Conservative front-runners against the Labour incumbents and smaller parties like the Liberal Democrats, the politicians are making their...