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...really no surprise that last week's meeting between Bill Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa ended with sour expressions -- for % eight months the two nations have failed to agree on how to measure progress in Japan's efforts to open its markets. But given the tradition of smoothing over differences at the close of most summits, the unvarnished frankness at the final bow of this one was something new. At a joint press appearance, with Hosokawa at his side, Clinton let loose. Japan's markets "still remain less open to imports than any other" major nation...
President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, meeting in Washington, failed to reach an agreement on trade. The Administration had sought "objective standards" by which the opening of the Japanese market to U.S. companies could be measured. But Hosokawa said Clinton's request would lead to "managed trade." Clinton conceded, "I have no idea what will happen from here on in. This is a serious problem...
...routine was simple: Uncle Sam stamped his feet in anger over Japan's huge trade surplus, and a smiling Japanese Prime Minister turned up in Washington with vague promises to buy American -- or at least to sell fewer Toyotas in the U.S. When Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa arrives in Washington this week, he will undoubtedly be smiling, but whether he will accommodate Bill Clinton's demands that Japan back its vows with hard numbers is another matter. The advance men for both leaders have spent seven months talking trade, but so far all they have achieved is frustration, while Japan...
...MORIHIRO HOSOKAWA...
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL-REFORM BILLS OFFICIALLY PASSED MUSTER last week, legislators of the ruling coalition cheered. But Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa looked impassive as he walked along the red-carpeted halls of the Diet building to the victory parties of his coalition members. No matter that this was a historic occasion; Hosokawa seemed above it all. "I have never met anyone who acts so nonchalant about being Prime Minister. He's such a natural," said Shinseito legislator Kozo Watanabe. "That accounts for his extreme popularity...