SocraticGadfly: Japanese opposition ready for tougher line with US

August 03, 2009

Japanese opposition ready for tougher line with US

According to Katsuya Okada, the secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, it’s time for his country to get more assertive vis-à-vis the US.

“It’s like Japan hasn’t had its own diplomacy, or its own opinions,” he said at a briefing. And, that new approach includes redefining the American military presence on Okinawa.

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