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...protest, the opposition parties have begun to boycott budget sessions in the Diet legislature. "We cannot accept that the ministry that deals with grave social issues like decreasing population is headed by someone who has demonstrated a complete lack of respect for the people," says Yoshiaki Takaki, head of the Diet policy committee for the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan...
...survey taken over the weekend, down from a height of nearly 70% when he took office. More than 50% of respondents in the poll said they wanted to see Yanigisawa resign for his remark - and with elections coming up in July that could decide the control of the Diet's upper house, many of Abe's own party members feel the same way. LDP ethics committee chairman Takashi Sasagawa told reporters that Yanagisawa "should quit quickly like a man" - thus demonstrating that Sasagawa was slightly missing the point of the whole sexism thing. But today Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki...
...Fido Get So Fat? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first diet drug for the more than 3 million obese dogs in the country, our Jan. 22 issue reported. If you're wondering how a dog's life came to this, our April 26, 1968, story on pet foods provides some insight...
...maintain your all-organic diet in Vilnius, Lithuania...
Some opponents to a ban claim that even if trans fats were excluded, some other dangerous substance would eventually replace them. But there is no reason to accept one harmful substance today out of fear that another may lurk around the corner. If another poison quietly enters our diet in the future, the Council can assess that situation when the time comes...