No one doubted the need to bring Japan to its knees.

The birth of a girl, however, would bring Japan back to square one.

Many Japanese are proud when one of their sports becomes popular elsewhere, and they like the honors it brings Japan.

These three leaders did the most to bring Japan together as one country.

They have even suggested bringing Japan - and Taiwan - into the project.

They suspected that traders, merchants and missionaries wanted to bring Japan under the control of European powers.

America was able to bomb most of the important cities and quickly brought Japan close to defeat.

He also said his goal was to bring Japan up a level to amongst the top 10.

The process of bringing Japan to heel can begin immediately, perhaps.

Moreover, the surge in sales is finally doing what no government industrial policy had been able to accomplish - bringing Japan into the information age.