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(回答先: 無敵の日本は様変わり 大統領訪日でＮＹ紙報道〔朝日新聞〕 投稿者 FP親衛隊国家保安本部 日時 2002 年 2 月 17 日 19:02:24)
ニューヨークタイムズのヘッドラインからはこのニュースしか読めないんだけど、朝日のネタはどこにある？
Personal Touches to Highlight Bush's Asian Visit Next Week
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
The trip, which begins Saturday and includes two days in Japan, will be the president's first chance to hear directly from nations in Asia that have been alarmed by Mr. Bush's reference to Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil."
It will also be a test of whether Mr. Bush's tough talk has helped or hurt his policy goals in Asia, and of how much he can reassure the South Koreans, who worry that his words will lead to further tensions with the North.
Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser, said in a briefing for reporters today, "The president sees absolutely no contradiction between calling the North Korean regime precisely what it is, a secretive and repressive regime that is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction," and "really very intensive efforts by the South Korean president to try to open up an avenue for North Korea to come across, to get out of its bad behavior and to seek reconciliation with the South."
Officials and foreign policy experts say China may be as difficult for the president as Seoul.
In Beijing, Mr. Bush will seek to stabilize a fragile, wary relationship and assure the Chinese that his planned missile defense system is not aimed at neutralizing them, even though many in his administration say it should be.
"Missile defense is a problem for China in the sense that it symbolizes a hostile attitude toward China, whether it works or not," said Bates Gill, a China analyst at the Brookings Institution.
Ms. Rice, in a preview of the administration's position, said: "The president has always said that our missile defense program is defensive in nature, it is not aimed at anybody, it is not intended to give the United States unilateral advantage.
"That's the message he will take to the Chinese, and we're happy to have that discussion."
Although China's state-controlled media have sharply criticized Mr. Bush for his "axis of evil" remark in his State of the Union address, its leaders have been less vocal.
Ms. Rice said Mr. Bush did not have plans to meet separately with Hu Jintao, the man expected to take over from Jiang Zemin as China's leader next year.
But she said Mr. Bush might see Mr. Hu at a large group meeting, as he did last fall in Shanghai during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
In Japan Mr. Bush faces a different set of problems, although few are likely to be aired publicly. The president will publicly embrace Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for what Mr. Bush will cite as his economic reforms, even though members of the administration are increasingly concerned about a possible collapse of Japan's banking system and Mr. Koiziumi's political survival.
"The United States is facing a Koizumi who has become the Arafat of economic policy," said Adam Posen, a Japan analyst at the Institute for International Economics, in a comparison to the embattled Palestinian leader. Mr. Posen said Mr. Koizumi had not shown signs of being able to halt the downward spiral of Japan's economy.
Ms. Rice's preview of the visit to Japan was more diplomatic. "The president is going to talk with the Japanese prime minister about the importance of getting the Japanese economy going again," she said. "He will also talk about U.S. responsibility to get the American economy going again."
Much of the trip will have personal resonance for Mr. Bush, who rarely traveled overseas before becoming president.
His visit to Beijing will be his first since 1975, when he spent six weeks as a recent Harvard M.B.A. visiting his mother and father, who was then ambassador to China. Mr. Bush wrote in his 1999 campaign biography that he was bored and depressed by a nation where all the bicycles looked the same, and that he was eager to return to the United States.
The president will be accompanied on the trip by his wife, Laura.
In Tokyo, the couple are to visit the Meiji Jingu, the national Shinto shrine. They will also have dinner with Mr. Koiziumi and his wife at a Tokyo restaurant and have lunch with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace.
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