Ready to talk / Vasiliy B. Pospelov -- Prospects for improving relations / Rajan Menon -- Japan plays follow the leader / Masaru Tamamoto -- Japanese-American security / William T. Pendley -- Waiting for the unlikely / Michael Powell -- The Asian connection / Thomas W. Robinson -- The Alaska solution / Donald C. Hellmann -- Japan's high principle / Richard N. Perle -- Hope for the future : a discussion