http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/06/17/japan-assesses-the-next-us-presidency/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2008/06/17/japan-assesses-the-next-us-presidency/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Lyons Wakeman Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:39:16 +0000 http://eastasiaforum.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-114 The critical element missed by Mr. Konishi is that both Japan teams are close to each other, both in terms of friendships and ideas. The Obama team boasts that there is "no daylight" between them on Japan. The so-called US-Japan Alliance is the "lynchpin" of American security in the region. In essence, Japan in American foreign policy is a backwater of stagnant thinking and overpaid friends of Japan--for white men I may add. The critical element missed by Mr. Konishi is that both Japan teams are close to each other, both in terms of friendships and ideas. The Obama team boasts that there is “no daylight” between them on Japan. The so-called US-Japan Alliance is the “lynchpin” of American security in the region. In essence, Japan in American foreign policy is a backwater of stagnant thinking and overpaid friends of Japan–for white men I may add.

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