P121 MTV3 p121 .Ma 24 Lok 1811:17 1/2 JAPAN MINISTER PLAYS DO'N WORLD WAT TWO AGGTESSION BY BRIAN WJLLIAMS TOKYO, OCT 24 (REUTER* - A TOP MINISTER WHO NEGOTJATED A RECENT TRADE AGREEMENT 'JTH THE UNITED STATES SAID IT WAS A "DELICATE MATTER OF DEFINITIONS" AS TO WHETHER JAPAN COMMITTED AGGTESSION AGAINST ASIAN NATJONS DURJNG WORLD WAR TWO. THE COMMENT B MINISTER FOR INTERNATJONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY RZUTATO HASHIMOTO THTUST HIM INTO THE POLITICAL MINEFIELD OF JAPAN'S TESPONSIBILITY FOR WORLD WAR TWO -- AN ISSUE WHICH ENDED THE CAREERS OF TWO MINISTERS THIS YEAT. ... <120 122>

P121 MTV3 p121 .Ma 24 Lok 1814:17 2/2 JAPAN MINISTER PLAYS DOWN WORLD WAR TWO AGGRESSION ... HASHIMOTO SAID DURJNG A PARLIAMENTARDEBATE THERE WAS NO ARGUMENT ABOUT WHETHER JAPAN INVADdD CHINA AND COLONISED KOREA. <120 122>