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DIED. MICHIO WATANABE, 72, outspoken Japanese politician whose derogatory comments about African Americans set off a furor in the U.S. in 1988; of heart failure; in Tokyo. Watanabe, a leader of the once dominant Liberal Democratic Party, resigned as Foreign Minister in 1993 for health reasons. He didn't leave the stage quietly, setting off protests in South Korea in June by saying that Japan's 1910 takeover of Korea had been done with Korea's consent...
...Desmond. The timing couldn't be worse, since the U.S. and Japan are to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday covering Japan's financial contribution to the support of U.S. forces there. But Desmond thinks the status quo will hold: "Hardly anyone here or in the U.S. believes the furor will lead to the closing of the bases. They are still important for Japan's defense, especially given tensions with North Korea and China, as well as for the credibility of the U.S. security commitment to Asia...
...pressure on KFC and its corporate parent PepsiCo was part of a growing anti-American furor that has made some multinational firms wary of the world's largest democracy (pop. 910 million). On the streets of New Delhi in recent weeks, Hindu nationalists have smashed cases of Pepsi-Cola and disfigured billboards for the soft drink, all the while chanting "Pepsi go home!" Not to be outdone, a socialist party has for more than a year held daily rallies outside Parliament against both Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Protesters have demonstrated inside as well: opposition lawmakers stormed out of Parliament last...
...FUROR OVER FAULKNER...
...furor over the tapes today cost the former LAPD detective a deal with Dove Books, which announced it would dump a prospective Fuhrman volume "for both commercial and ethical reasons...