Word: chiba
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...survival of the Japanese imperial line for at least another generation, the entire country appeared to twinkle with joy. Newspapers printed millions of special supplements, titans of industry issued congratulations, imperial enthusiasts gathered in front of the palace bearing flags and shouting "Banzai!" But Fumiko Wada, a housewife from Chiba, just outside Tokyo, wasn't celebrating. Wada is a dedicated fan of Crown Princess Masako, 42, and feels Kiko's miraculous pregnancy was just a way to steal the spotlight from her older sister-in-law, who has long been under intense pressure to bear a prince...
...astonishing that even today the U.S. Immigration Service has no uniform policy for handling defections like that of Sailor Medvid. In light of U.S. incompetence at the lowest level, what hope can there be for success at the nation's highest echelons? Heinz Dieter Chiba Montreal Ransoming Relatives...
...trouble began on Thursday in Chiba prefecture, just south of Tokyo, when 1,100 members of a renegade chapter of the Locomotive Engineers' Union went on a 24-hour wildcat strike. At issue was the proposed breakup of the stateowned Japanese National Railways and its eventual sale to private ownership. Privatization is favored by the government, which is liable for the JNR's deficit, which totals over $92 billion. The proposal was harshly denounced by the 38,000-member Locomotive Engineers' Union as well as by the 200,000-member National Railway Workers' Union because it could reduce...
While the Chiba strikers were unapologetic about the disruption and the damage, the Locomotive Engineers' Union roundly denounced the mayhem. "We cannot tolerate the destruction of our own system, no matter what," said a union spokesman. At week's end the government created a special unit of 320 detectives to investigate the crimes. --By Susan Tifft. Reported by S. Chang/Tokyo
...abductees were more often than not told they were causing problems. So I sensed we'd be treated the same way ... I'm being careful what I say, and I haven't received any hate mail yet. All I've got is a call from a woman in Chiba asking me to marry her daughter...