Realignment Required

Japan is seeking a permanent seat on the UN Security Council

Published May 25, 2005

"A lot of Japanese like Canada, and a lot of Canadians like Japan," Ambassador Sadaaki Numata says at the outset of a conversation about his desire as his country's top diplomat in Ottawa to reanimate the relationship. "But I think we'd better ask ourselves whether we know enough about each other."

On a quest to change paradigms and awaken a new curiosity between the two nations, Mr. Numata says, "when...

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