Word: kiichi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Japan's strengths, like Britain's, is its ethnic homogeneity. But this has bred an almost schizoid attitude?now arrogant, now absurdly humble?and it has led to a distorted, inward-looking perspective. "You have intermarried, you have had a mixing of population," says Diet Member Kiichi Miyazawa. "We have had none of that. We have so little in common with the West...
...Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in 1969, was not present. The official explanation was that while Sato is merely head of government, Nixon is head of government and state as well. Protocol thus dictated that he not attend unless Emperor Hirohito put in an appearance in Tokyo. After Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi signed for Japan, Sato said that he was "happy beyond words" and hailed the treaty as the beginning of "a new Pacific...
Executive Watch. Japan's chief negotiator, Kiichi Miyazawa, Minister of International Trade and Industry, was under as much pressure from his country's textile men as Stans was from the U.S. industry. Accompanying Miyazawa to Washington and keeping close watch to see that he did not surrender too much, were 40 Japanese textile executives. Back home they had sponsored an advertising campaign with the slogan: "Do not give in Trademark to of the unreasonable demands." Trademark of the campaign was a bulldog, symbol of tenacity. Miyazawa offered to restrict shipments on 23 items that make...
...threat of mandatory quotas has apparently been effective, though at a considerable cost in terms of U.S. esteem among the Japanese. This week Japan's Minister of International Trade and Industry, Kiichi Miyazawa, and Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi will fly into Washington with not one but two new proposals...
Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi attributes Japan's troubles abroad to the "social maladroitness" of an island people unused to dealing with others. The Japanese realize that much of the criticism is overdrawn, but it stings nonetheless, and they are pondering ways to improve their image. Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik suggests a "Japanese Marshall Plan" for Asia. The idea may be worth exploring as a way to help Japan's neighbors through a crucial phase in their development. It is not necessarily the answer to improving Japan's image, however, as any ugly American will agree...