On March 13 and 14, responses by DPJ International Department Director General Yukihisa Fujita to a March 8 Washington Post editorial were published in the opinion pages of the Washington Post and the Japan Times. See the following URLs for details:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-　dyn/content/article/2010/03/12/AR2010031204085.html?sub=AR

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/rc20100314a2.html