Will Noda ShiftJapan's China Policy?Better ties with China could help Japan's economic recovery

摘要

The Japanese political merrygo-round has spun out yet another new prime minister.On August 30,Yoshihiko Noda replaced Naoto Kan to become Japan's thirdprime minister in the last two years and sixth in the last five years.Observers are curious about Noda's diplomatic policy because he was previously the finance minister and rarely commented on diplomacy.Noda's inappropriate attitude about Japanese history,however,has made people worry about his future Asian policy-he once said World War Ⅱ Class A criminals were not sinners.