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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.
It seems Japan just can\’t let go of the recent reporting on Japanese TV about Yukio Hatoyama being the \”biggest loser\” at the recent nuclear summit because he asked for–but did not get–a one–on-one meeting with President Barack Obama.
He was described as hapless and in the view of the Obama administration officials, \”increasingly loopy.\”
The next day, a top aide to Hatoyama criticized the use of \”loopy\” as \”somewhat impolite.\” In a just world, that might have ended the matter. Alas, Hatoyama stunned members of the Japanese parliament, the Diet, last month when he said that the characterization may have been correct after all.\”As The Washington Post says, I may have been a foolish prime minister,\”Hatoyama said, using a rather mild interpretation of the term.
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