In Japan, U.S. Losing Diplomatic Ground to China - NYTimes.com

In Japan, U.S. Losing Diplomatic Ground to China - NYTimes.com: "In Japan, U.S. Losing Diplomatic Ground to China"
TOKYO — When Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited Japan’s new leaders in October, not long after their historic election, he pressed so hard and so publicly for a military base agreement that the Japanese news media labeled him a bully.