Japan and Daniel Sneider

: The request imposed three conditions, according to Asahi Shimbun. First, the goal of the statement was to garner support for an increasing leadership role for Japan in East Asia and the world. An economist of extremely prolific ideas, Hoshi recently teamed up with his colleague Daniel Sneider to carry out an interesting and significant project: They asked Stanford researchers to imagine they were the prime minister of Japan and write a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Eight scholars, including Hoshi, took up the challenge, with all the others being non-Japanese . Their research areas include economy, politics, diplomacy and security, and history. Second, the statement had to touch on the meaning of the war that ended 70 years ago. As the first condition indicates, the researchers were asked to present what they believe the 70th war anniversary statement should be in consideration of its bearing on Japan diplomatic strategy. Third, the statement in English should not exceed 700 words, so it would be roughly the same length as Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama statement that marked the 50th war anniversary and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi 60th war anniversary statement. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.