At the time of deal, imperial Japan was fighting the Soviet Union on the Manchurian-Mongolian border. ... It left them alone against the superior forces of Russia’s eastern armies. . ..…
On a visit to Japan, George H.W. Bush learned the hard way that the Japanese, who drive on the left side of the road and needed cars with steering wheels on the right, weren’t buying US car models in part because the steering wheels were on the wrong side. . ..…
Japan Communist Party lost one seat in the elections and its share of the vote was down from 10.74%, at the last elections, to 8.95%, this time, due to increased competition on the left. The party was in loose block with the Social Democratic Party of Japan and CDP. ..…
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