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Explores the attempts to open Korea to Western trade in the 19th century. Historical relations of Korea with China and Japan; Details of Christians and Christianity in Korea; Opposition of the Korean royal regent to foreigners; Details of the Korean-American War of 1871.

Focuses on race relations on Okinawa, Japan, which is the site of several United States military bases, in light of rape allegations against a U.S. airman. Details of the case of Air Force staff sergeant Timothy Woodland; Effect of the case on U.S. and Japan relations; American influence on the culture of the archipelago's 60 tropical islands called Okinawa; Mention of a 'kokujo' subculture fetishizing blacks; Topics of racism and sexism.

Presents a speech by David M. Abshire, president of the Center for the Study of the Presidency, delivered to a joint conference in Tokyo, Japan on February 28, 2001. Focus on practical problems for United States and Japanese political and business leadership; The perceived need for transformational leadership; Responsibilities of the U.S. and Japan to global economics and security.

Deals with the oil embargo of the United States (U.S.) against Japan which prompted the decision to attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December 1941. Dependence of Japan on outside sources for petroleum products; Actions taken by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to retaliate against Japanese expansion; Proposal of Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura to halt Japanese military operations; Factors that hardened the position of each nation.

Focuses on the U.S. government's attempt to pressurize Japan to put voluntary restrictions on its car exports to the U.S. Projected benefits to the U.S. automakers and the U.S. administration from the restrictions; Effect of these voluntary restrictions on the rest of the U.S. economy, undermining other domestic industries that depend upon the restricted imported goods.

This article analyses the impact of Pearl Harbor bombings by Japan during the World War II. The shifting mixture of pride, shame and anxiety evoked by that conflict is underscored in Japanese publications and memorial inscriptions by the use of two contending terms, the Pacific War and the Greater East Asia War. The former has been adopted by those professing mainstream to progressive views and the latter by conservatives and right-wingers. The Japanese historiography of Pearl Harbor and the Fifteen-Year War it so dramatically punctuated reflects the contradictory character of the postwar U.S.-Japan relationship.

Presents speech by Weyerhaeuser Far East Ltd. president, given before the Japan Society of Minnesota on September 14, 995, dealing with the issue of United States-Japan relations. Emphasis on common values and similarities in systems; Cultural differences; Japanese reaction to pressure from foreigners; Levels of US-Japan relations.

Presents a speech by the United States president given before the students and faculty of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan dealing with the relationship between the United States and Japan. Need for change; Organization for Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation; Trade imbalance issue.

Discusses the foreign relations between Japan and the U.S. ;Discussion on the economic power of Japan; Exploration of Japan's relationship with the U.S.; Discussion on motives behind U.S. interest in Asia and Japan; Question why the U.S. is pulling its forces out of Asia while it is increasing its military resources in Europe; Cynicism of Japan towards U.S. effort to stall development of nuclear fuel reprocessing plants; Views of Japan on U.S. relationship with the People's Republic of China; Perception of threat of Japan due to withdrawal of its armies by the U.S. from Asia; Discussion on Japan's effort to become superpower but without military power.

Discusses the relationships between the United States and Japan. U.S. industry's reliance on Japan for imports of advanced components essential to production; Total transactions linking U.S. and Japanese companies; Japanese investors' annual finance of the U.S. government's debt and acquisition of a large proportion of U.S. private paper; Concern about the health of the relationship; Japan's effort to open its market and change its economy; Need to solve the tension that exists in the relationships. INSET: Case Study in Diversification: The New Face of Summitomo Metals.

Focuses on the foreign relations of the U.S. with Japan under the regime of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Comments of National Security Advisor Richard Allen on the Japan-U.S.. relationship; Diplomatic policy of Reagan with Japan; Description about economic policy of the U.S. with Japan.

This article discusses the U.S.-Japan international relationship over 40 years. For the past 40 years leading up to 1989, the U.S. foreign policy has been geared to compete with and contain the Soviet Union; but now the U.S. considers Japan as a greater threat with its growing economic challenge. The author asserts that the economic competition between the U.S. and Japan is already severe and will likely to get worse. To gain a competitive advantage, the U.S. should have a two-part strategy, which includes the need to maintain an alliance with Japan, and a need to regain technological competitiveness. INSET: Resumes on File.

Yasuhiro Nakasone is the face of contemporary Japan. As prime minister from 1982 to 1987, he embodied the changing course of his country. Inside Japan, he directed an administrative reform movement designed to reduce the role of the bureaucracy, privatize key industries, and make government smaller. He preached the need for Japan to "internationalize" in accordance with its increased economic power--calling on all of Japan to shoulder a greater burden for world peace and economic growth. And his bold personal political approach reflected an unusual appreciation of western-style campaigning and politics. Internationally, Mr. Nakasone was the first Japanese prime minister to participate aggressively and forcefully at the annual economic summit meetings of the seven leading western nations. His close relationship with President Ronald Reagan--the "Ron-Yasu" relationship--was key to his ability to resolve tough trade issues that surfaced during his years as prime minister. In this wide-ranging interview, former Prime Minister Nakasone discusses a broad assortment of issues, including the shape of the U.S.-Japan relationship, the strengths and weaknesses of management in the two countries, the cause of the United States's diminished competitiveness, the qualities that define a leader, and his own preparations to become Japan's prime minister. The United States, says Mr. Nakasone, is still the most powerful country in the world and will be as long as it maintains its "frontier spirit." As for the U.S.-Japan relationship, Mr. Nakasone reveals what he told Ronald Reagan: "You be the pitcher, I'll be the catcher. But once in a while, the pitcher must listen to the catcher's good advice." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents news including general revenue sharing in the United States, which was approved by President Richard Nixon and the U.S. Congress, the agreement between Peking, China and Tokyo, Japan, regarding an undeclared war, and the highly organized political fund drives run by executives in major business enterprises.

Focuses on political and economic developments in the U.S. and all across the world. Argument that the U.S. Senate can have no objection to the utterance of a promise by the American government not to attack Japanese homeland; Failure of Four Power Treaty to provide for obligatory consultation with China and Siberia about all questions, which involve Chinese and Siberian interests; Assessment of diplomatic relationship between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the light of later's helping hand extended to provide food relief to Russians; Significance of the Russian Relief Act, which makes it possible for diplomat Herbert Hoover's organization to save the lives of a million of human beings; Discussion about the deportation of eleven hundred persons, who have been held at Ellis Island; Overview of economic conditions of British industry and trade.

The editor, in this article, highlights the political-economic and other international issues. The U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's message is a long document, which deals with some important topics. The chief interest of his message lies, however, in his discussion of the courts and injunctions, his new plans for control of corporations by license, or otherwise, and, above all, his coming out for a graduated inheritance tax and a graduated income tax. No one has advanced a single credible reason why the Japanese should want a war with the U.S. Japan has all she can do to stagger under the burdens of her war with Russia. In the way of expansion and chances for her commerce, she has all that she can at present desire in Korea and Manchuria.

Presents information on several socio-political developments from across the world. Dissipation of the growing hostility between the U.S. and Japan; Information on Italy's sympathy with the U.S. desire for disarmament, and its willingness for the revision of the Treaty of Versailles; Comments on an "Open Letter to the U.S. President on Federal Relief Appropriation," by William Hodson, published in the November issue of "The Survey Graphic"; Appeal issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to hunters to spare the ducks.

Focuses on foreign relations between the United States and Japan. Reference to the prevalence of a dichotomy in the traditional American outlook on Japan; Perplexity in minds of American politicians regarding how to frame policies for trade with Japan; Advantages of rise of a new democratic order in Japan; Fundamental aspects of the Japanese social structure; Discussion of postwar policy of the U.S. toward Japan.

In this article, the editor gives his literary concerns on international politics. The Vinson bill, which has been approved by the U.S. House Naval Affairs Committee, is really a bill to repeal the Wagner Act. Under it, a fine of $5,000 and a prison sentence of one year could be imposed on "either labor or management" which tried to bargain collectively in plants now open shop. The week that has passed since the signing of the Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact has brought only conflicting guesses as to its significance in terms of immediate Japanese policy. The steel industry has suffered two severe shocks in the past two weeks. The first was administered by one of its own leaders, E. T. Weir, chairman of the National Steel Corp., who while negotiations for a wage increase were proceeding between U.S. Steel and the SWOC upped the rates of his own non-unionized workers by 10 cents an hour.

The article presents recent developments around the world. Immediately prior to his resignation as director of the Intergovernmental Committee on German Refugees, George Rublee brought back from Berlin a plan promulgated by the German government for the orderly migration of German Jews. In warning the Soviet government that it is prepared to take "drastic action" unless the dispute over the fisheries is quickly settled, Japan has entered on a course that is wholly uncharted. The three biggest insurance companies in the U.S., the Metropolitan, the Prudential, and the New York Life have monopolized the sector.

The article presents news briefs concerning U.S. and international politics for the week of April 7, 1941. The revolution of Yugoslavia against Nazi German occupational forces is described along with its international impact. The Japanese foreign relations with Germany and non-Axis powers are discussed. The seizure of Axis owned shipping vessels in U.S. waters are reported on.

The article offers new briefs related to political and social issues. A great flood has struck Ohio Valley which caused the death of more than 100 people, rendered 600,000 homeless and damaged millions of properties. The long continued conflict between the militarists and the civilians in Japan has broken out on the last week of January 1937. The board of trustees of the village of Ossining, New York has passed a resolution on the limits of the distribution of handbills.

Most companies now realize that, to ensure the continued success of their operations in Japan, they must provide Japanese employees with the managerial and operational expertise to run them. The author maintains, however, that the way management goes about this process of "skill transfer" is often dictated by misunderstanding enshrined in myth, rather than by a sensitive and realistic appraisal of what is required to promote a salubrious managerial climate. He identifies seven such myths that fetter U.S. managers' attempts to recruit and train capable Japanese, delegate responsibility within the subsidiary, and bridge the gap between American and Japanese customs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers several news briefs related to politics around the world. The delegates of Japanese government to the Naval Conference has arrived in the U.S. and has clarified their government's position. The cut on income taxes was made effective by the U.S. Congress. The Minister of Justice raided the native compounds of Africans arresting 600 people in Durban, South Africa.

Reports on socio-political events from the world. Information on political developments in Europe and issues related to the future peace of Europe; Information on state-supported universities in the West, which are in a period of unprecedented growth in numbers of students, which has necessitated their asking for larger appropriations; Issues related to relations between Australia and Japan; View that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is never more felicitous than when making a grand gesture, and his statement that Italy recognizes and will pay her war debts in such a gesture; Views on governmental reorganization called for by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover in his address to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Analyzes the global role reversal between the U.S. and Japan. Discovery that the U.S. has become the biggest debtor while Japan has become the biggest creditor; Issue of resentment and rivalry between the nations; Portrayal of Japan as an economic imperialist, seeking to conquer the world with exports with the same ferocity and guile it once brought to warfare; Will in both countries to resist temptations toward hostility.

Discusses the visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin to the United States in October of 1997. The discussion on democracy and human rights of Jiang and President Bill Clinton following the Summit meeting; Clinton's policy on China; Lobbies of the American Friends of China; Accomplishments of the visit; Economic and nuclear arms agreements.

Explains why Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa's resignation after eight months in office is a bitter blow to reform and a setback for United States President Bill Clinton. Comment by US Ambassador Walter Mondale; Reaction in Japan; Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata, 58, Hosokawa's choice to succeed him. INSET: `Legal problems' (background and fallout of the resignation)..

Focuses on U.S. President Ronald Reagan's state visit to Japan. Reference to the friendship between Reagan and Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan; Statement that the U.S.-Japanese relationship is an alliance of nations bound together by a common destiny; Information on the U.S.-Japan trade relationship; Discussion on the condition of agriculture in Japan and the U.S.

Presents a speech by the chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Express Corp., delivered before the Southeast U.S./Japan Conference in Memphis, Tennessee on October 7, 1996 concerning the future of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Japan.

Discusses furor over a gang rape in September 1995 of a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl on Okinawa, allegedly by three United States military personnel. How the incident has inflamed smoldering opposition to the US military presence throughout Japan; Changing nature of strategic relationships between Washington and Tokyo; Refusal of US officials to turn over the men sought in the rape investigation to the Japanese police.

The article discusses various issues in U.S. politics. An examination of the role of money in U.S. politics including the efforts of lobbyists to sway politicians and issues in campaign funding. The efforts of the U.S. Congress to enact campaign finance legislation is noted. Also discussed is controversy surrounding the violation of an agreement between the U.S. and Japan which bars the entry of U.S. nuclear weapons into Japan. Retired U.S. Rear Admiral Gene La Rocque inadvertently revealed the violation while before Congress.

Focuses on change in policies of the U.S. following the defeat of Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda in the primary election of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan against liberal candidate Masayoshi Ohira. Reaction of analysts of the U.S. embassy in Japan to the result of the election; Assessment of guidelines launched by U.S. diplomats for cooperation between two countries; Impact of guidelines of the U.S. on Japan.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics published in earlier issues of the journal "BusinessWeek." Focus on recent developments in the relationship of Japan with the U.S.; Reasons for the U.S.'s economic problems; Reference to the editorial "Insure depositors, not deposits"; Announcement of an aggressive capital-spending program for Woodward & Lothrop Inc. by Taubman Investment Co.

Focuses on the military intervention of the U.S. and the Soviet Union in Northeast Asia as of October 1983. Reasons for instability in Northeast Asia in 1983; Relations between the U.S. and Japan in 1983; Strategies adopted by the U.S. administration under the leadership of U.S. President Ronald Reagan towards Northeast Asia.

The author reflects on the possibility for an occurrence of a war between the U.S. and Japan due to their commercial rivalry for the trade of China. He analyzes another issue that can trigger between the two countries, which is the U.S. strict immigration laws that irritated the Japanese government. However, he emphasizes the lack of interest of Japan for any form of military glory can contribute to the impossibility of a war.

Comments on the political and foreign relations issues in the U.S. Reiteration and amplification of the concrete proposal about navies of Japanese government for the speech in Philadelphia of Ambassador Tako Saito; Desire of Great Britain to effect some sort of compromise between the Japanese and American positions; Accounts on the gossip providing complete details of the "great reconciliation" between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and big industrialists.

Focuses on international arms business of the U.S. with other countries. Protest by Eiji Amau, Japanese Foreign Office spokesman against the sale of America military planes to the Nanking Chinese government; Supply of military arms and weapons by the U.S. to China; Argument pertaining to conspicuous profits of American automobile manufacturers that are gained from the war threats of the Far East; Use of munitions by South America preparation for the conflict between Colombia and Peru over Leticia; Difficulty in estimating American munitions sales to Bolivia; View that under private capitalism and in a world of nationalist states, the U.S. cannot prevent other countries from using American materials to manufacture munitions.

Presents an update on the economic and political developments in the U.S. Urgent requirement on the behalf of the industry to submit codes under the Industrial Recovery Act; Reason behind the pressure for submitting the codes under the Act; Necessity of enforcing wider employment and higher wages in all important industries of the U.S. Concerns of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Roy Howard regarding the activities of Japan and the denigrating relationships with the U.S.; Opinion on the recommendations made by Howard to counter the activities of Japan.

Focuses on factors that have weakened relations between Japan and the U.S. Problems posed by aggressive export behavior of Japan; Role of human emotions in relations between the two countries; Decision of the Japanese industries to produce exactly those items that compete with Southeast Asian economies, or with the U.S.

Presents information on the developments in stock market in the U.S. Information that the Dow-Jones average of industrial stock prices rose from the wartime low of 93 on April 28, 1942, to 202 on January 19, 1946; Reason for an irresistible upward drive is the defeat of Japan; Issues in the low-priced category registered the heaviest trading; Information that Series E United States War Bonds will generate 2.9 percent on your investment at maturity.

Focuses on the relationship of the Soviet Union with various countries in the wake of World War II. German policies of cooperation and hostility towards the Soviet Union; Japan as a factor in the strained Russo-German relations; Failure of the Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936; Information on the signing of the Russo-Japanese Neutrality Pact and its ratification on April 13, 1941; Speculation that the German dictator Adolf Hitler knew better than most of the critics of the Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact or 1939 that there was no basis for amity or even cooperation between the two countries; Importance of the Soviet Union's neutrality in the U.S. war with Japan; Discussion of the Soviet Union's far eastern policy; Relations between China and the Soviet Union; Stand of Soviet Union in abiding the Atlantic Charter or the Declaration of the United Nations; Soviet Union's fight against fascism.

The article presents recent developments in politics around the world. The "New Deal" promised by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt after he won the Congressional elections includes a new social order. Though after two years the "New Deal" had not yet emerged, the National Recovery Association had been a disappointment, and the benefits of the underprivileged were confined to the receipt of federal relief, a great majority was sent to the U.S. Congress implicitly instructed to support the President, who was thus given a renewed opportunity to realize his promises. It is a far cry from the cordial conversations between U.S. President Roosevelt and Soviet Union foreign minister M. Litvinov of fifteen months ago to the undiplomatic abruptness with which the State Department ended negotiations with the Soviet government. On the basis of press reports, one would conclude that after a long period of quiet preparation Japan had suddenly resumed the use of forcible tactics to further its ambitions in China.