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...Royal Chromosomes You owe Japan's princess Masako an apology for reporting that she "failed in her one traditional duty: to produce a male heir" [Sept. 18], as if that were actually within her control. The only failures here are in your demeaning statement that this is her one traditional duty and in forgetting that it was her husband Prince Naruhito who determined the sex of their child, a daughter. Blame him! Peter Basmajian Hong Kong...
...lived in Japan for 30 years, so I was not surprised at the lack of details from the imperial court pertaining to the conception or birth of the royal heir. But I was perplexed and disappointed that TIME echoed the themes of Princess Kiko's "miraculous pregnancy" and the birth of a "miracle boy" with as much awe as if they were an immaculate conception and a divine birth. I expected TIME to report the factual aspects of such joyous news. Dolly Koghar Bangkok...
...Russia, France, Britain, China, India and Pakistan - Israel is generally believed to have nuclear weapons, although it has never publicly disclosed such capability) will hardly be confined to Washington. South Korea has called its national security council into emergency session, and will face pressure from the U.S. and Japan to terminate its "Sunshine" policy of trade and engagement aimed at moderating North Korean behavior. Japan, well within range of North Korea's missiles and a longtime object of its ire, will press for a tough response, and may see its own debate over whether to build nuclear weapons rejoined with...
...North Koreans against proceeding - the U.N. Security Council on Friday warned that a nuclear test would be treated as a threat to global peace, language that could open the way for binding sanctions or even tougher action - the next steps remain unclear, and potentially divisive. The U.S. and Japan will likely push for harsh sanctions, to back a demand that North Korea submit to denuclearization under international supervision. China and South Korea will likely back the principle that North Korea must be punished for crossing a red line, but their aversion to sanctions is based on fears of potentially cataclysmic...
...press conference in Seoul Monday evening, Abe said that the tests had dominated his talks with President Roh Muh Hyun of South Korea, and told reporters: "It is a serious threat not only for Japan, South Korea and neighboring countries' regional security, but also a threat to international peace." That's the case as well for China and Japan, normally wary rivals at best. "A nuclear test brings China and Japan closer together tactically," says Malcolm Cook, program director for Asia and the Pacific at the Lowy Institute of International Studies in Sydney. "I don't think too much else...