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Article: Diplomat commends, criticizes U.S.(World)(Japan)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 19, 2001
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Japan's new foreign minister, on her first visit to Washington, yesterday welcomed U.S. consultation with China and Russia on missile defense, but objected to President Bush's rejection of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
Makiko Tanaka had been quoted in the Japanese press as criticizing the Bush administration's plan for a missile defense shield. But speaking to journalists after a meeting with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, she said she "appreciates that the U.S. position [on missile defense] is to consult with interested states such as Russia and China."
Mrs. Tanaka, in office for seven weeks, was thought to want to reassure American ...