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Proposes a diplomatic solution to the nuclear weapons crisis in North Korea that will involve a comprehensive arrangement of the interests of Russia, China, Japan and the U.S. Importance of the four great powers arrangement in diffusing the North Korean nuclear weapons crisis; Illustration on how such a diplomatic solution among the four great powers will be carried out; Discussion on the interests of the four great powers in the Korean peninsula; Problem with U.S. policy in Northeast Asia.

Explores the growing use of Japanese money to influence United States economic policy and enhance the American public's impressions of Japan. Millions of dollars spent on think tanks, lobbyists, universities, corporations and law offices to achieve the goals; Structural corruption being created by the money; Critical role of think tanks in U.S. policy making; Clout and access provided by the lobbyists and advisers assembled by Japan in Washington and Congress.

Focuses on the principles that should guide the United States in intervention abroad. Claim that former secretary of state Henry Kissinger's preference for foreign policy is not based on ideology but balance of power; Debate over the national security strategy of the U.S.; View that both hyper-realism and neo-Wilsonianism are, by themselves, wrong and inadequate as the basis for any future U.S. foreign policy; Implications of Kissinger's realism for foreign policy of the U.S.; Concern of Kissinger over the threat to the U.S. posed by Japan.

Analyzes the significance of the defeat of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the Japanese parliamentary elections on July 12, 1998 that prompted Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to resign and cancel his scheduled visit to the U.S. Economic problem facing Japan; Inability of the LDP to reform and structure the country's economy; Efforts of the U.S. to prod Japanese leaders to reform their economic policies; Trade relations between Japan and the U.S.

Comments on the tentative trade agreement between the United States and Japan. Key elements of the Bush administration's "structural impediments initiative; Strain of neo-protectionism that seems to be creeping into American trade policy; Dangers of using such a strategy in the current global economy; Dangers of the rising trade tension; Regional economic blocks that constitute the modern global economy.

Focuses on the comments of Masaaki Nakayama, secretary-general of the Japan-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Associations, on the control of Jews over America. Comments on the support given by the Japanese officialdom to the Arab economic boycott of Israel; Discussion of the refusal of Japanese companies to do business with Israel; Launch of a public relations program by Japan to smooth goodwill with the American Jewish community; Investigation of possible ties between author Masami Uno and the well-funded Arab propaganda effort in Japan.

Presents a brief on U.S. President George Bush's trip to Japan. Arrival ceremonies at Tokyo Airport; Description of the drive going to Bush's official residence; Recreational activities prepared for the President and his party; Visit of Bush to government officer and places of business; Argument pertaining to Bush's official meetings with Japanese political leaders; Comments of Bush on Japanese cuisine.

Comments on the American-Japanese mutual security agreement forged during U.S. President Bill Clinton's visit to Tokyo, Japan. Terms of the agreement; Implications of President Clinton's decision to modernize U.S.-Japanese security arrangements; Reasons for the necessity of dealing with the U.S.-Japan security relationship separately from the trade relationship; Importance of U.S. military presence in Northeast Asia; Political and military threats from China and North Korea; Speculation on the motive of President Clinton in forging a mutual security agreement with Japan.