{"id":9448,"date":"2009-11-21T18:42:05","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T22:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=9448"},"modified":"2009-11-21T18:42:51","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T22:42:51","slug":"roland-kelts-daily-yomiuri-column-soft-power-evolution-from-perrys-day-to-obamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/21\/roland-kelts-daily-yomiuri-column-soft-power-evolution-from-perrys-day-to-obamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Kelts Daily Yomiuri column:  Soft power evolution from Perry&#8217;s day to Obama&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*************<\/p>\n<div>Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/features\/arts\/20091120TDY13001.htm\" target=\"_blank\">latest <strong>SOFT POWER\/HARD TRUTHS<\/strong> column<\/a> in the <span id=\"lw_1258827593_0\"><em><strong>Daily Yomiuri<\/strong><\/em> by <\/span><strong><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/japanamerica.blogspot.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/japanamerica.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roland Kelts<\/a> (Osaka-shi, 1998-99)<\/strong>, author of <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.japanamericabook.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japanamericabook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Japanamerica<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, this one about Obama&#8217;s recent visit, Perry and the new Asia.<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/features\/arts\/20091120TDY13001.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1258827593_1\"> <\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/features\/arts\/20091120TDY13001.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1258827593_1\">http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/features\/arts\/20091120TDY13001.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FYI, images below are 1) Commodore Perry&#8217;s bow, 2) Obama&#8217;s bow and 3) Political commentary from Perry&#8217;s day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9450\" title=\"Kelts-Perry_bow_lg\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-Perry_bow_lg.jpg\" alt=\"Kelts-Perry_bow_lg\" width=\"460\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-Perry_bow_lg.jpg 878w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-Perry_bow_lg-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9451\" title=\"Kelts-obamabow\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-obamabow.jpg\" alt=\"Kelts-obamabow\" width=\"512\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-obamabow.jpg 512w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-obamabow-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>******<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9452\" title=\"Kelts-GlorySumo_lg\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-GlorySumo_lg.jpg\" alt=\"Kelts-GlorySumo_lg\" width=\"402\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-GlorySumo_lg.jpg 402w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Kelts-GlorySumo_lg-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>************* Here&#8217;s the latest SOFT POWER\/HARD TRUTHS column in the Daily Yomiuri by Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, this one about Obama&#8217;s recent visit, Perry and the new Asia. http:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/dy\/features\/arts\/20091120TDY13001.htm FYI, images below are 1) Commodore Perry&#8217;s bow, 2) Obama&#8217;s bow and 3) Political commentary from Perry&#8217;s day. ***** 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