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...Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is likely headed for a fall at the Diet Upper House elections July 29 - and that failure at the polls could force Abe to resign. "Just as the LDP is looking for a comeback, its own member stirs things up for the worse," says Ikuo Hata, a Japanese historian at Nihon University. "Abe comes out of this looking like a lightweight as a leader and a Prime Minister...
...send paychecks home to support their families - much like the world's other economic nomads, the Philippine maids of Hong Kong or Turkish factory workers in Germany. "They'll look at a job in China even though the pay is half what they were making in Japan," says Tomoko Hata, a manager at a Tokyo employment agency. "It sounds very sad. But they're desperate...
...week, the Ladies yank against a homemade 650-kg weight, building arm muscles and samurai spirit. They dropped this year's World Games to Spain, but the Ladies will be ready for 2002, to be held in Ireland. "It will be a chance for revenge," says team captain Yachiyo Hata. Japanese companies may be dropping like flies, but for the Ladies from Oita, failure is not an option...
...TSUTOMU HATA April 28?June 29, 1994 Lowest approval rating: 47% Memorable achievement: Courageous stand defending whaling as a scientific endeavor...
...dangers in Hata's war and peace, the physical threats are easier to handle than the emotional perils. On this point, Doc Hata would agree with the granddaddy of quietly affecting writers, Doc Chekhov, who said that any idiot can handle a crisis; it's day-to-day living that wears...