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At home, Hatoyama's ideas have struck a chord with those who want their country to chart a new course. For decades - ever since its defeat in World War II, in fact - Japan has struggled to define its role in the world. Though in many respects a political and economic...
Concern in the U.S. about Hatoyama has been further heightened by his overtures to China. The two Asian giants have had icy, even confrontational, relations in recent years, due to lingering anger among Chinese over Japan's brutal invasion of their country in the 1930s and 1940s. But Hatoyama has...
Hatoyama denies that. He told TIME, "The Japan-U.S. relationship is the most important relationship for Japan's diplomacy," and that his government "is working to create an environment in which Japan will firmly support the U.S. presence in Asia." He also makes clear that by forging warmer ties...
In that way, Hatoyama's new foreign policy may be simply acknowledging the changing global balance of power. "Everyone understands that Japan's foreign policy is going to have to accommodate China," says Smith, of the Council on Foreign Relations. "Japan lives right next door." But that fact will also...
Concern is also rising over the south's internal divisions. The prospect of independence has brought tribe, clan and internal SPLM rivalries to the fore. Around 2,500 people died in tribal clashes over land in 2009, mostly along the border with the north, and many of them among southerners...