ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the unsigned editorial was published in the Japan Times on 3 October 1990. Today Germany becomes one again. This is a momentous occasion, both for Europe and the world. It is certainly the most important consequence to date of the 1989 revolution against Communist rule and Soviet domination in Eastern Europe. Observing Germany's trauma has made us determined that the Northern Territories, which have been under Soviet occupation since 1945, be very soon once again part of the nation. Postwar West Germany has also demonstrated, certainly to our critics abroad, that a new economic superpower can compete in world markets without needing to be "contained". Senior West German businessmen who know Japan well have long argued that certain Japanese export tactics are unworkable in their country. In the current crisis in the Gulf, the difficulties of the new Germany illuminate with unique force some of the key dilemmas of Japanese foreign and defense policymaking.
