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...Right this way," the barkers used to murmur softly on the streets of Kabuki-cho, Tokyo's red-light district. "She'll show you everything!" No more. Responding to the cries of outraged citizens' groups and local businesses, the Japanese government cracked down last week on adult or, in the Japanese term, "pink" entertainment. Among the new regulations: all pink neon out by midnight, no more come-ons from bar girls, no new massage parlors in restricted areas, no new love hotels near schools or libraries. And no lewd barkers...
...midnight on P day, pornographic posters had disappeared in Kabuki-cho, love hotels had transformed themselves into business hotels, and some strip joints had become coffee shops. The only neon in sight ornamented conventional pubs and restaurants, sushi shops and fast-food outlets. The first police patrol of the area after the crackdown booked only 27 offenders, mainly for soliciting, keeping a restricted business open after hours or permitting minors on the premises. One barker was unfazed. "Politicians and police think they can stamp out pink," he said, "but it all has to go somewhere --someplace darker and dirtier...
...gold medal, predicted from the outset that the U.S. men would not lose a game. Said he: "American basketball is 50 years ahead of other countries, and I think no one will ever arrive at the same place." South Korean Women's Coach Seung Youn Cho, who endured an 85-55 defeat in the final, said before the tournament started, "To be honest, the rest of us are playing for the silver medal...
...Seoul in 1978 as a Bechtel employee and now teaches English at U.S. Army camps in South Korea. Charboneau says that he regularly cashed Bechtel checks at the local Bank of America branch and then handed the money to the company's Korean-American consultant, Yoon Sik Cho, 61. From Cho the money may have gone directly to South Korean officials, but the evidence remains circumstantial. Last week Charboneau, whose perusal of business records led him to suspect Cho of using the funds for payoffs, told TIME: "I don't know frankly whether it was used to bribe...
Charboneau has made sure that Washington knows about the case. After being fired from Bechtel following a disagreement with Cho in November 1980, he suggested to IRS agents that Cho may have underreported his income and possibly violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. IRS investigators subsequently found that in 1979 Cho had not reported at least $34,000 in consultant's fees and had $146,000 in insufficiently documented business expenses. Cho, through his attorney, has said that he can account for all his income and expenses and has denied that he made any improper gifts or payments...