Article: Japan's shifting gears: as Clinton visits Asia, Tokyo rethinks its heavy dependence on America.

Five years ago, it was The Japan That Can Say "No"--an in-your-face tract by rightist politician Shintaro Ishihara arguing that Japan should stand up to U.S. bullying. Last February, then Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa followed the script precisely when he rejected Bill Clinton's demands to open the Japanese market. Now comes the sequel. Timed for publication on the eve of Clinton's visit to Asia this week for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group in Indonesia and other trade talks, Ishihara has teamed up with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for The Asia That Can Say "No." After Clinton's electoral setback last week, which decisively weakened ...

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