New York

The station cheif in Rabat just called. They found a body. Bourne? Desh. Pam, you need to see this. A passport for Gilberto de Piento just cleared immigration. It is early Treadstone identity registered to Jason Bourne. But he never used i…

New York & Tangier

Sir, Mr. Wills. You're gonna want to look at this. He is in Tangier. Noah Vosen. We have found Daniels. They just tracked Daniels' passport to a hotel in Tangier, they are holding up a bank transfer made keep him in place while they bring …

Spain

Why did you come back? Why are you looking for Daniels? Do you know who that is? That's Daniels. I don't know who that is. Who is he? He was there at the beginning. I remember meeting him. The first day. Daniels brought me to him. That's w…

Madrid & New York

ETA team 2? Three minutes to the destination, sir. Your mission will save American lives. Will you give yourself to this program. I can't. Again. Sir, they're at the front door. Five seconds. Bring it up live. We're in. The alarm is down. …

New York

Good morning. Can I take your order? Yes. I'll have the heart healthy omelet with goat's cheese and peppers, please. Anything for you, ma'am? Just coffee, please. Sure? I'm buying. I'm good. So, when the director called and it was suggeste…

Madrid, Spain

What the police will tell me is that they believe that the victim is 35 year old Simon Ross, a well known journalist based here in London, with Guardian newspaper. It appears that he was gunned down right in the middle of Waterloo Station,…

England & USA

Hey, It's me. Yeah. He knows the whole story. Bourne's just the tip of the iceberg. Have you heard about Operation Blackbriar? I'm gonna get my head around this and type it up. I'll see you first thing. Ok. I have a hit on Echelon - Blackb…

Paris, France

Where is my sister? Why don't you sit down? Where is she? She's dead. She was killed. I'm sorry. I knew this can end this way. It was always gonna end this way. I didn't believe that. And how did she die? She was shot. We were together in …

Turin, Italy

This one's from three years ago. He had half of INTERPOL after him. He turned up in Naples, Berlin, Moscow, disappeared again. Girl that he was on the run with. Marie Kreutz. She was found dead in a river, halfway round the world. She'd be…

Six weeks later, Langley

There's no place it won't cathch up to you. It's how every story ends. It's what you are, Jason, a killer. You always will be. Go ahead, go on, go on! Do it! Do it! She wouldn't want me to, that's the only reason you're alive. Who is "she"…

Moscow

Send him back. Will you commit to this program? I can't. Will you commit to this program? Will you commit to this program? I can't.

Bourne Ultimatum Dialogue

ボーン・アルティメイタム台詞

AFP: [16 November 2007] Japan's opposition to stall 'war on terror' bill

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jXeJAByrHpcFkfGpnCYfoee85zFQOpposition leader Ichiro Ozawa countered that there should be "no worry at all" about not pleasing Bush as the US president is deeply unpopular at home.野党の代表である小沢一…

Zeenews: [29 November 2007] Japan opposition: Australian election shows Bush backlash

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=410224&sid=WOR&sname=&news=Japan%20opposition:%20Australian%20election%20shows%20Bush%20backlash Rudd has pledged to pull Australian troops from Iraq, while maintaining the US alliance.ラ…

TIME: [9 August 2007] Japan Debates Its Role in Iraq

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651342,00.html The old American saying "politics stops at the water's edge" has no equivalent in Japanアメリカの古いことわざ「政争は水際でやめる」に相当するものが日本にはない。But Ozawa's game…

Economist: Out goes Abe

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9789927&CFID=25422506&CFTOKEN=18875740 Yet the DPJ’s leader, Ichiro Ozawa, who has vowed to destroy the LDP since storming out of the party 14 years ago, continued to insist tha…

Financial Times [12 Septempber 2007] Japan’s Ozawa plays an enigmatic game

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50885dc8-614e-11dc-bf25-0000779fd2ac.html Ichiro Ozawa, the shrewd leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, has always derived his power from lurking in the shadows. On Wednesday he appeared to have top…

AEI: Japan's Future

http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.26795/pub_detail.asp Such "inside baseball" politics may be of little interest to American observers, who are more concerned with what effect this will have on U.S.-Japanese cooperation.この…

Washington Post: [13 Septempber 2007] A Japanese Retreat?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202263.html Mr. Ozawa has stepped beyond the bounds of serious debate by denying the legitimacy of the Afghanistan operation itself, announcing, absurdly, that "the U…

Asia Times: [14 Septempber 2007] Japan's Abe takes one for the team

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/II14Dh01.html Ichiro Ozawa, president of the DPJ, has exploited every misstep to realize his goal of forcing the LDP from power. His brilliant electioneering (along with the government's blunders) produce…

Economist: Don't furl the flag

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9988721 It is a pity then that the ships row -- which started as a cynical ploy by Japan's opposition Democratic Party (itself in favour of a bigger security role for Japan) to bri…

Economist: [18 October 2007] Uncharted waters

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9998902 Mr Fukuda's first challenge is to extend the Japanese navy's refuelling role in American-led operations in the Indian Ocean. These form part of the “war on terror”, supp…

Interview: [24 October 2007] Ambassador Schieffer Addresses Japan National Press Club

http://tokyo.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20071024-76.html AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER: Ozawa-san and I differ on what constitutes a UN resolution, because there have been a multitude of UN resolutions from the very beginning to one as recently as a few …

Times: [5 November 2007] The Destroyer, Ichiro Ozawa, quits after party rejects deal with the Willow Tree

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2806677.ece Takao Toshikawa, a political analyst, said that although it has been enjoying good momentum, the DPJ remains an uncomfortable collection of opposition parties with little …

Herald Tribune: [7 November 2007] Japan's opposition stumbles again, despite electoral gains

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/08/asia/AS-POL-Japan-Opposition-Meltdown.php But in just the last few days, the top opposition party has suddenly lost its momentum, collapsing into confusion as its leader abruptly announced he would…

Economist: [8 November 2007] Ichiro the destroyer

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10110988 Mr Ozawa is an unappealing but pivotal figure in Japanese politics. ... With a reputation for arrogance, stubbornness and backroom dealing, he earned the nickname “the …

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