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Japanese custom dictates that when alcohol is served, it is permissible to let one's guard down. Early last week Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa did just that over an eel-and-sake dinner in a fancy Tokyo restaurant, confiding to his dining partners that he wanted to quit. His indiscretion was immediately leaked to the press, prompting an official denial that same night. Three days later, however, Hosokawa set his resignation in motion. A popular reformer who came to power last August pledging to sweep out "money politics" was outrun by a scandal of his own making...
After weeks of battling allegations of corruption, Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa announced Friday that he would step down. His resignation came as a blow to supporters, who had hoped that Hosokawa's election last summer signaled a departure from the scandal and corruption that have roiled Japanese politics for years...
TIME: Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa has issued the most eloquent apology yet for its World War II occupation of Korea. Do you consider the chapter closed...
...tough provision of U.S. trade law in an attempt to get Japan to trim its $59 billion trade surplus. The measure, the so-called Super 301, creates a "hit list" of countries deemed to be unfair traders and threatens punitive tariffs of up to 100%. Said Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa: "We would like to deal with this matter calmly...
...posturing and tough talk were all it took to remedy the U.S.-Japan trade gap, everything would be fine by now. The grumpy Feb. 11 encounter in Washington between Bill Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa has produced a surplus of bluster. "We will not modify our position," Hosokawa warned afterward. "It's just not acceptable for the United States to continue on the same path," Clinton warned back last week. But as both sides grumbled, they tried to keep the brinkmanship within bounds. "The intent and fact are to be measured and calm about this," insisted a White...