He came into office in september casting himself as a conciliator of japan 's warring political factions .
当他九月就职时，他将自己描述为日本政治派系斗争的调解人。
In asia , the u.s. role should be that of regional balancer and conciliator , replicating the role played by the u.k. in intra-european politics during the 19th and early 20th centuries .
