Envoys to Explain Defense Pact to China
From Times Wire Reports
Top officials from the Foreign Ministry and Defense Agency were scheduled to arrive in Beijing today to explain new security arrangements between Tokyo and Washington that would give Japan its highest military profile since World War II. The United States plans a similar diplomatic offensive to Asian nations. Japan’s enhanced military role in the Asia-Pacific region, announced by U.S. and Japanese officials in Honolulu on Saturday, set off tremors both in Japan and in Asian nations that suffered under Tokyo’s World War II occupation.
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