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...happily switch to margarine.' TSUYOSHI HASHIMOTO, of Japan's Agriculture Ministry, after the government ordered Japanese dairies to increase butter production by up to 20% because of a shortage of the popular staple...
...suddenly living under the same roof as your hubby's extended family - eight, all told, including a peppy sister-in-law who, you soon discover, might be sleeping with her slobbering, mentally impaired teenage brother. Do you run or hide? If you're Noriko Shito (née Hashimoto), the birdbrained protagonist of Asa Nonami's trippy murder mystery Now You're One of Us, you do neither. You shut your mouth, smile and stay...
With a DPJ landslide all but assured, the big election night question quickly became whether Abe would resign. Prime Ministers in the past have voluntarily stepped down after similar defeats - most recently, Ryutaro Hashimoto in 1998 - but even as the full extent of the loss sank in Sunday, Abe and his advisers gave every indication that he would try to hold on to power. "We tried our best and felt we made some progress, so the results are extremely disappointing," a bleary Abe told Japanese reporters from LDP headquarters. "I must push ahead with reforms and continue to fulfill...
...Tommy Owen of Boise State, and improved to 20-4 on the season. Outside of Ogunwole and O’Connor, the Crimson could not get much going. Tri-captain Max Meltzer struggled at 141, and finished 1-2 on the day. Meltzer began the day losing to Kenny Hashimoto of Northern Colorado by fall, and then lost to Kyle Ruschell of Wisconsin in a close match, 6-5. Meltzer recorded his only victory in a 3-2 win against Jeff Newby of Boise State. Sophomore Andrew Flanagan, who wrestled at 157 against Wisconsin and Boise State, also...
...DIED. Ryutaro Hashimoto, 68, controversial former Prime Minister of Japan; of multiple organ failure; in Tokyo. A short-tempered politician and dapper dresser, Hashimoto achieved international fame as Trade Minister in 1995, when he feuded with Washington in an auto-sales dispute. As Prime Minister from January 1996 to July 1998, he launched financial reforms modeled on London's "Big Bang" deregulation and defused a crisis over U.S. bases in Okinawa. An expert swordsman, he quit politics last year after a scandal involving donations to his party...