WASHINGTON ¨C Depending on which report you read, Caroline Kennedy is either definitely going to be appointed as the next U.S. ambassador to Japan or probably going to be appointed.
Kennedy¡¯s career as a lawyer is not particularly storied, but she is the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy.
On the surface, Kennedy¡¯s potential appointment as ambassador to the world¡¯s third-largest economy and major U.S. ally, not to mention a country where rising nationalism and a declining economy could bring major changes, would seem like a case of hiring for prestige rather than merit.
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