Tokyo, Apr. 17.
The preservation of Japan's special interests in areas adjacent to her own territory was the "simple aim" o? the press statement made by Mr. Hechiro Arita, Japanese Foreign Minister, on Monday.
This definition of the Foreign Minister's pronouncement expressing Japan's "deep concern" over possible Far Eastern repercussions of Holland's involvement in the European war was made here today by Mr. Yakichiro Suma, spokesman for the Foreign Office.
Replying to a question by a foreign correspondent at his usual morning press conference today, Mr. Suma declared that the term "Asiatic Monroe Doctrine" was not "proper" to Gescribe the spirit inspiring Mr. Arita's statement.
The term "Monroe Doctrine," according to Mr. Suma, had been "abused in many ways or used in an enlarged meaning" which lacked accuracy.
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