Word: japanization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last Wednesday, President Jiang Zemin arrived in Tokyo as the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan. Though the Japanese lavished dinner parties on the Chinese leader and rolled out the red carpet (literally), there was a snag in what should have been six days of photo opportunities: the absence of the simple word "sorry...
...unsigned statement issued Thursday, Japan expressed a feeling of "acute responsibility" and "deep remorse" for its "invasion" of China and the hardship inflicted on the Chinese people. Although this document represents the first time that Japan has referred to its past military action as an invasion, it specifically did not use the word apology--which, according to The New York Times, many Japanese feel is "more serious" than the word for remorse...
Even though negotiations had started this summer over how Japan would refer to its past, Jiang could not secure a clear-cut written apology for Japan's actions from Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Obuchi did verbally express a "heartfelt apology," but the text of the document did not use such wording. Indeed, despite last-minute efforts, the joint statement appeared without signatures, a fact which indicates, at least to foreign policy analysts, that the document's final form was unsatisfactory to the Chinese leader...
Senior Pete Strothman, captain of the Harvard co-ed sailing team, will be traveling to the U.S.-Japan Goodwill Regatta in Newport Beach, Calif. over Thanksgiving Break to represent his country. Freshman phenomenon Margaret Gill and senior Brian Fox will accompany Strothman to the prestigious event as his crew...
...year-old billiards player was dropped from Japan's team for next month's Asian Games after he tested positive for a banned muscle-building drug. (Suggested co-star: Pat Morita...