Yomiuri Shimbun: The new U.S. administration assuming office next January will confront a congested menu of domestic and foreign policy items demanding immediate attention. He or she, required to separate the urgent from the merely important, will be fortunate if the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has just left behind unfinished business instead of a full-blown crisis or two. The list of critical areas and issues is long: Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Afghanistan, Pakistan, …