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The summit this week between President Bush and Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, will be a much more sedate affair - for good reasons on both sides of the Pacific.

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STONERS
April 25, 2007, 11:29 p.m.
Since taking office last September, Abe's government has gone from mishap to mishap, with a support rating to show for it. He took office with more than 70 percent approval, a rating which has nose-dived to about 40 percent just a few months before crucial elections in the upper house of parliament.
The nationalist prime minister also faces criticism in the United States over his opposition to a resolution in Congress that calls on Japan to voice an unequivocal apology for women forced into sexual slavery by Tokyo during World War II.
Meanwhile, the spiraling violence in Iraq has tarnished the Bush administration and detracted from the boost Japanese leaders have traditionally enjoyed when meeting with the leader of Tokyo's top ally.
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DoseASpinoza
April 26, 2007, 12:20 p.m.
I'm sure they will have a great time palling around and talking about getting away with their screw-ups despite sinking approval ratings.
But look on the bright side: it's a chance for Bush to finally do something better than his father. All he has to do is not blow chunks at dinner.