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Japan Forces a Hard Choice.
Newsweek International
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May 14, 2007 |
Glain, Stephen |
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Byline: Stephen Glain
As Japan's foreign policy has grown more assertive of late, Washington has generally tried to stick to the sidelines. But that might soon become impossible. Tokyo is petitioning hard to upgrade its air defenses by buying Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor, the world's most advanced and lethal aircraft (it has also flirted with the Eurofighter Typhoon as an alternative). Purchasing the fighters would alter Asia's balance of power just when the region is growing nervous about a more muscular Tokyo. And it would place the United States or Europe--which is also eager to stay in China's good graces--squarely on Japan's side.
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