Rough waters
THE ink was barely dry on the new draft military guidelines setting out the way in which America and Japan should co-operate in a future crisis in East Asia when Japanese officials fanned out to apply the first gloss. Since the draft will not be completed until the autumn, that leaves time to reassure the neighbours. The two most prickly ones are South Korea and China.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Rough waters”
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