Prime Minister Abe, You're No Willy Brandt
Japan's leader can't successfully imitate the German chancellor's famous gesture of atonement.
[5] For a detailed coverage of these complex negotiations, see Mary Elise Sarotte, Dealing with the Devil: East Germany, Détente, and Ostpolitik, 1969-1973 (Durham, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2001).