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Focuses on the disapproval of Japan on the military policy of the U.S. against Vietnam and Communist China. Information on the large percentage of the Japanese public who express their antipathy toward the war in Vietnam; Accusation of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, William Bundy, that Japan underestimates the threat that Chinese Communist domination of South and Southeast Asia would present to Japan's own interest; Refutation stated by U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Edwin O. Reischauer, on charges of communist infiltration; Conflict between the U.S. and Japanese press due to the Vietnam war issue; Remarks stated by Reischauer during a speech that many Japanese feel that U.S. bases in Japan and Okinawa are more a threat to their security rather than an insurance policy against aggression.