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1、JapanReachesOutThursday,Nov.20,2008ByHannahBeech/Tokyo1.WhenKensukeOnishidecidedtousehisforeignuniversitydegreeandfluentEnglishtohelpinternallydisplacedrefugeesinKurdishIraq,hisJapanesemother'sfriendstoldhertheyunderstoodifshewantedtoweep.Afterall,shouldn'tad
2、utifulJapanesesonreturnhomeandworkforabigcompany,likethedrovesofsalarymenbeforehim?Butin1996,OnishifoundedoneofJapan'slargestinternationalNGOs,PeaceWindsJapan,whichoperateseverywherefromSudantoEastTimor（东帝汶）.Today,the41-year-oldOsaka(大阪[日本本州岛西南岸港市])nativehasn
3、oticedthathiscountrymennolongerconsiderhelpinglessfortunateforeignersashamefuloccupation.TwoformerPeaceWindsalumninowserveintheDiet,whileOnishirecentlyhasbeenfieldingjobqueriesfromdisillusionedinvestmentbankers."PeopleinJapanliveinsuchcomfortable,peacefulcond
4、itions,"saysOnishi."IthinkmoreJapanesearerealizingthatit'sourdutytohelpoutoverseasandbringsomeofourvaluestotheworld."2.IstheworldturningJapanese?EvenasJapan'sdomesticeconomyslipsintorecessionanditspoliticiansditherendlessly,thecountry'soverseasinfluenceisreac
5、hingnewheights.Limitedbyapostwarconstitutionfromdevelopingmilitarypower,Japan'sinternationalcloutreliesonsoftpower,thetermcoinedbyHarvardprofessorJosephS.Nyein1990todescribehowcountries"getwhat[they]wantthroughattractionratherthancoercion."Today,agenerationof
6、idealisticJapaneseisattemptingtosway（影响）theworldthroughcultural,socialandeconomicmeans.Japandoesn'ttendtotrumpetitsefforts—understandablegiventhenation'simperialpastandhistoricdisregardfornationalboundaries.WhenaJapaneserealestatefirmsnappedupRockefellerCente
7、rinthe1980s,thedealunleasheduneaseamongsomeAmericans,whofearedthatJapanwasliterallytakingoverAmerica.Butthistimearound,itscampaignforglobalheartsandmindshasbeenfarmoresuccessful.AccordingtoaBBCpollthisyear,Japanrankssecondintheworldwhenitcomestoapositivegloba
8、limage.(GermanybarelyedgedoutJapanfortheNo.1spot,whiletheU.S.wasseventh.)"Softpowerisaverystrongforce,"saysHeizoTakenaka,Japan'sformerMinisterofStateforEconomicandFiscalPolicy（经济财政担当大臣）."
