JAPAN IS OUR PARTNER IN PEACE

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: August 28, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

SIXTY YEARS ago this month, Japan laid down its arms, ending World War II and embarking on a remarkable journey that has led a great nation to peace, democracy, and prosperity.

The United States has found in its former adversary a steadfast friend and ally, and the world has come to know and respect Japan not only for the quality of its products but for the generosity and ingenuity of its people.

Some, of course, would argue for their own purposes that Japan has been a reluctant hero in this drama of the last six decades, that at heart the Japanese are unreconstructed, that beneath the benign ...

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