| dc.description.abstract | ADDRESSING the Japanese Diet (parliament)
during his recent visit to this country,
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi expressed
the hope that the relations between his country
and Japan would not be limited to the
marketplace alone. On the face of it, the
statement may represent nothing more than
mere rhetoric of a visiting dignitary. For, at
present even the marketplace contact between
Japan and the third world nations,
among whom India occupies a prominent
place, is not very impressive if we exclude
the Southeast Asian region which incorporates
only a few non-aligned countries.
There are some straws in the wind, however,
to indicate that in the years to come the industrial
giant of the Pacific would gradually
move closer to the third world—not only
economically but also culturally and
politically. | |
