Asia Centre

close up on the news 1. Mr. Koizumi’s Tenure Comes to an End 2. Election Time for the LDP 3.The Japan-U.S. Alliance Confronted with North Korean Missiles 4. Japanese Troops Withdraw from Irak VIEW POINTS OF THE NEWS Asô Tarô, Watanabe Shôichi, “Independence is the Key” l Gabe Masaaki, “Are North Korean Missiles a Threat?” l Nakanishi Terumasa, “The Sanction Resolution is a Victory for Japan” l Terashima Jitsurô, “Post 9.11 Japan” l Lee Jon-wong, Matsuda Yasuhiro, Takahara Akio, “Is China a Threat?”.