TOWARD A NEW ASIAN ORDER : A WORLD REPORT SPECIAL SECTION
“(Americans think) ‘What is good for America is good for the world.’. . . I think it’s all right to agree with 90% of that ... but when Americans say it, other peoples resent it.”
--. Naohiro Amaya, a former vice minister of Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
“The souring of U.S.-Japan relations has become a matter of great concern inside and outside the Asia-Pacific region.”
--. Yukio Sato, director of the North American Bureau of Japan’s Foreign Ministry.
“If the Americans say they can’t sell their cars in Japan because of its closed market, why is it they don’t sell any cars in Singapore, which has absolutely no restrictions?”
--Saburo Okita, former Japanese foreign minister and a frequent consultant to the Japanese government.
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