tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post6810195460028962361..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: No QuestionsMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-70974205175733724312007-11-19T12:34:00.000+09:002007-11-19T12:34:00.000+09:00Fred HiattPlease understand the PM's 26 hour visit...Fred Hiatt<BR/><BR/>Please understand the PM's 26 hour visit was not news. His only known deliverable was several million dollars to a number of Washington think tanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-37294387182033505842007-11-19T11:58:00.000+09:002007-11-19T11:58:00.000+09:00If you want to get some news of the world and fore...If you want to get some news of the world and foreign affairs in general, don't read the Washington Post (except for Iran, Irak and NK)... Wait, don't read the American newspapers at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-75527107260685923042007-11-19T11:10:00.000+09:002007-11-19T11:10:00.000+09:00Prime- and foreign ministers, presidents and so on...Prime- and foreign ministers, presidents and so on, are constantly visiting each other singly or in groups. It usually doesn't merit more than a page 11 notice about that fact. This visit by Mr. Fukuda is, I think, only played up in Japanese media because it's the first state visit of his government, and of course because it ties in very well with the two hot news items of the refueling mission (and the related defense ministry scandals) and North Korea.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.com