Word: tanaka
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lunch, the serious work of the trip began when Japanese Premier Kakuei Tanaka pleaded with Ford to pay as much attention to Asian problems as he does to European affairs. Unmentioned, but undoubtedly on Tanaka's mind, was the shokku administered by former President Nixon in 1971, when he made his historic overture to China without first consulting Japan. Well-briefed on the sport dearest to Ford, Tanaka asked for cooperation between the two countries in "the spirit of team play, the value of which you learned through your glorious career in football...
Tuesday morning Ford was to have an audience with Emperor Hirohito, who planned to honor him that evening with a formal banquet at the Imperial Palace. On both Tuesday and Wednesday, Ford and Tanaka expected to spend several hours together at the Akasaka Palace, discussing mutual defense arrangements, trade, relations with Communist China, inflation and the energy crisis. In addition, Tanaka sought a promise that the U.S. would not restrict food sales to Japan in the future, while Ford hoped to receive assurances that the Japanese Diet would ratify the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. After reciprocating with a dinner for Hirohito...
According to The Boston Globe, spokesman for Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi also complained about the content of Cohen's remarks...
Allegations of corruption in Tanaka's administration have also been raised in recent Japanese campaigns, though they failed to receive the same publicity as Cohen's remarks...
...Japan further exacerbated relations between the two countries, which have been distinctly cool since the Kim Dae Jung affair last year. The Koreans have demanded not only that Japan apologize for the assassination attempt, but that Tokyo ban Chosoren, the chief anti-Park organization active in Japan. Premier Tanaka refuses to do this. He did, however, agree to send an emissary to Seoul to offer a compromise whereby anti-Park activities would be curtailed within the limits of Japanese...