The Economist (US), January 14th, 1995
Japan's Social Democratic Party has long criticized the country's relations with the US, and yet some members now accept those relations. This acceptance has caused division within the party, and some observers believe that Japan's political environment will change for the better.
AMERICA'S president has been humbled by congressional elections; Japan's prime minister is an ageing figurehead: a meeting of the two seemed hardly likely to produce results. Yet Bill Clinton's summit with Tomiichi Murayama on January 11th yielded more than many such pow-wows. In the place of the old trade arguments...
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