YASUO FUKUDA ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
Yasuo Fukuda (71) basks in the applause after being elected Japan's 91st Prime Minister at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan, September 25, 2007. His late father, Takeo Fukuda, became the 67th Prime Minister at the same age of 71. This is the first father-son premiers in modern Japan's history. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori)
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Although Germany shed its "historical guilt" for the 1939-45 war by the 1980s, most Japanese leaders have yet to abandon the cringing tone that they employ in the presence of those coming from countries that collectively defeated Japan. Recently resigned Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was a typical example of this, especially with regard to policy toward China.
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