What a true ability to waffle. Contrast this with Blinky's position in the book which he co-authored Sony's Mori, "The Japan that can say No!", where he rationalized the rights Japan has to resist all external political pressures for government (or business) action and general to exist by itself, no help needed. This in redress to the Japan Bashing that was occuring in the US and the strong rebutes Japan received for secretly selling the submarine silencing props and technology to the then Soviet Union (Toshiba and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries). This technology is undoubtably inplace on the Chinese boats now.
It was okay then when Japan seemed set to rule the economic world, but now that it isn't, the US Security Pact suddenly becomes important to him.
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