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...most inspired political acts of 2006 occurred on Oct. 8, when newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stepped off a plane in Beijing. Relations between China and Japan were at their lowest ebb in decades, largely because Abe's predecessor Junichiro Koizumi had repeatedly visited the Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, including 14 Class-A war criminals. Abe's momentous trip to China broke a political stalemate between Asia's two leading powers and portended closer economic and diplomatic ties between these historical rivals...
...strategy for dealing with North Korea and its nuclear weapons. Will he resist the allure of nationalism? "Abe likes to say: 'There is a strong point that I have,'" says Hiroshige Seko, the cabinet's top spokesperson. "'I tend to be perceived as softer than I am.'" In 2007, Japan-and the world-will discover just how strong...
...what specifically those literature requirements will be titled. Yet if the Preliminary Report’s strongly worded philosophy is lost in this endless discussion, the years of work that formed “Literature, Arts, and Ideas” will be spoiled; Foreign Cultures 85, “Japan Pop: From Basho to Banana” will likely trickle through the categorical cracks if professors do not firmly support the philosophy outlined in the Preliminary Report. “Relevance” and “citizenship” are by no means specific in how a new Standing...
...safe bet. Many Japanese players are less of a force on this side of the Pacific. Matsuzaka may become synonymous with the international mega-flop and could destroy the American market for Japanese players. No general manager would risk paying significant money for another export. Closing the door between Japan and America would be a big step back from the increased internationalization of recent years, which culminated in the celebrated March 2006 World Baseball Classic...
...Most Japanese fans, however, are celebrating Matsuzaka's signing as further proof that Japan's best players can compete on baseball's premier stage. Japanese players who move to the majors are no longer seen as leaving Japan behind; they are seen as representing their country in the international game. It's a sign that the globalization of sport is finally penetrating this often isolationist country, that many fans here would rather watch an international game with the top players in the world than settle for a lessened domestic product. As one Japanese baseball blog put it: "Finally...