The Boston Globe, January 11th, 1992
TOKYO -- The United States-Japan summit, which was supposed to produce "jobs, jobs, jobs" for American workers and define a new world role for Japan, yielded only a cornucopia of embarrassments for both sides. In the end, the only undisputed victor was Emperor Akihito. The Son of Heaven trounced President Bush in a friendly tennis match, and no one disputes that score. Almost everything else that emerged from the acrimonious, poorly-planned and ill-conceived meeting between the leaders of the economic superpowers is subject to dispute. It was a summit whose most powerful image was that of an a...
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