Japan's response to the Gulf War in 1990 was "too little, too late" and made the economic superpower look like a "political pygmy", according to a critical assessment by Britain's ambassador to Japan in recently declassified files.Writing in March 1991, John Whitehead said Tokyo's reaction was hampered by "weak political leadership, a cautious bureaucracy" and an inability to respond to fast-moving situations.In a letter to his bosses in London dated March 18, 1991, Whitehead wrote, "The general perception must be that Japan has not come well out of the Gulf crisis.""Japan agonised and shil…READ FULL ARTICLE
