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...Tokushima, Governor Tadashi Ota won re-election in April 2002 by promising to stop construction of a giant sluice dam on the Yoshino River. In a recent referendum, 90% of Tokushima city voters opposed the dam. Nor is the trouble found only in outlying prefectures. Governor Akiko Domoto of Chiba, right on Tokyo's doorstep, announced in September 2001 that she was halting a project to fill in Sanbanze, Tokyo Bay's last major wetlands...
...Ominously for mainstream parties, most of these leaders are fierce independents. "It may be rude to say it," observes Kitagawa, "but in the case of Chiba's Akiko Domoto, Nagano's Yasuo Tanaka, and myself as well, 'weirdos' became governor." Asano and Domoto both refused all party endorsements, yet won handily. Staying unattached and "weird" means freedom from the smoky backroom culture that is smothering Koizumi. Governor Asano wrote to candidate Domoto, "Please don't think of nonaffiliation as a means to gain advantage in the election. It's not a means; it's a policy...
...walked six times. The pitchers were throwing balls so far out of the strike zone that Bass couldn't reach them. At one point, he held his bat upside down to show his disgust. "They apparently didn't want an American player to get the title," recalls Isao Chiba, a baseball analyst...
...role in the war, the Japanese have spent the past half-century repressing the memories and trying to make the world forget their aggression as well. "Many Japanese are deeply troubled that Disney would choose to make this movie," says Akimasa Miyake, a professor of modern Japanese history at Chiba University, who has not yet seen the film. "I'm not saying we were right or wrong. I'm saying we fear it could reinforce the image of us as low-down, dirty Japs and give fuel to Japanese conservatives who say America still sees us this...
Hiroaki, an outspoken eight-year-old, has gathered two other Yu-Gi-Oh freaks at his family's condo in Chiba to challenge me in electronic battle. By wiring our Game Boys together with a cable, we assess one another's "cards" and send our own characters off to war. Each of the 700-some characters has unique traits and powers, which are rated by points. Illusionist No-Face, for instance, is a magician who can instantly shift appearances. His 1,200 points of offensive strength are no match for the 1,400 of the Mecha-Falcon, but the magic...