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...hearts and minds has been far more successful. According to a BBC poll this year, Japan ranks second in the world when it comes to a positive global image. (Germany barely edged out Japan for the No. 1 spot, while the U.S. was seventh.) "Soft power is a very strong force," says Heizo Takenaka, Japan's former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy. "If we have the right political leadership, it can be even more powerful...
...aside the feeling that someone is going to pull something at some point which will show that it was a dream. And I couldn’t get away from this. I mean, I tried very hard—all the evidence seemed to be strong that this is the way things were going. But we’ve had occasions in the past in which things seem to be going a certain way and then didn’t. The whole question of independence in Africa, for instance, was drowned one morning by the Cold War. So people...
...certainly having an impact in the area. Last weekend British marines attacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing vessel that had unsuccessfully attacked a Danish container ship. Eight pirates were arrested and turned over to the Kenyan authorities in what Britain's Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth said was a "strong message to pirates that their activities are unacceptable and that the global community is united in its efforts to deter and disrupt them...
...immigrant workforce. "The Japanese legal system doesn't assume that foreigners will settle down to live and work with the Japanese," says Hirano of Kyushu University. "That's been an obstacle to bringing foreign workers into the medical and care-service fields." Shiro Kawahara, president of the 60,000-strong Nihon Careservice Craft Union, says his industry isn't ready to manage foreign manpower, especially when problems like low pay and overly demanding labor need to be solved first. "We've been working to improve the work conditions," says Kawahara. "This can drag us down. Japanese could lose jobs...
...Obama's house in Chicago, but ended up being taken to a police station for questioning. (The director and the camera crew ran away when he got caught). Finally, three weeks before the election, his luck turned at a rally in St. Louis. The crowd was a 100,000 strong, but Obama's supporters were helpful - even to his impersonator - and pushed Notchi to the front row. Notchi managed to shake hands with Obama (and even touched his wedding ring!) and shouted at him, "My name Obama! My name Obama!" Holding Notchi's hand, Obama looked at him and smiled...