Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Obama's
visit to Japan goes off-script for Abe
Sudden rain
on a picnic day. Heavy traffic on the way to a job interview. No matter how
much and how well things are planned and arranged, anything could happen. That
what seems to have happened when the first incumbent President of the United
States made an official visit to Hiroshima. It was supposed to be a historic
milestone for Japan and more importantly to Japan’s PM Mr. Abe who is planning
to take advantage of the visit to boost his momentum for the upcoming election.
However,
only a week before the G7 summit, an American service man raped and killed a
young Japanese woman in Okinawa, where there has been intense dispute over the relocation
of the US base. This incident overshadowed Obama’s attempt to reconcile and
reinforce US-Japan tie at a time when Mr. Abe is trying to strengthen Japan’s
role to keep peace in the region.
Enjoy
reading and thinking if Murphy's Law applies to this case.
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