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Despite the close security alliance between the United States and Japan and the image of close relations between President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi , the two countries have naturally had divergent interests , perceptions , and policy preferences over the issues involving North Korea . The new relationships of the past two decades demand much of those who support scholarly research and those who pursue it ; there are temptations on both sides ; but it is a much healthier situation than obtained when the scholars and the practitioners were pursuing divergent interests , as they still are in most other countries . Because guardians ad litem are typically appointed because of a judicial determination that the child requires independent representation to advocate on the child 's behalf due to divergent interests , it would be improper for the IV-D program to underwrite the costs of both interests . Land use mediation can be an effective tool in aligning divergent interests , developing creative solutions , and resolving heated disputes . English colonies in North America , which until then had been independent , which differed greatly from one another socially and politically , and which in many respects had divergent interests , was also created by revolution . Tensions emerge whenever divergent interests , whether they are economic , political , social or cultural , meet around a water point without any civil , legal , administrative or customary mechanism for finding a compromise , a peaceful solution .