Jim Webb actually said...

this is, I think, a fresh opportunity to try to bring some consistency into our policies.

One of the precepts in ASEAN is that, if you are a member, then you are treated equally inside ASEAN, as a member.

I totally agree with you. We tend to forget, in this country, the amazing story of Japan since the end of World War II.

I think it is incumbent on the United States to raise those issues at the highest levels.