Word: hata
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bicycle. The assailant then slashed her school uniform with a pair of scissors. That assault was one of more than 120 verbal or physical attacks reported in Japan by Chongryun since April. Though Japanese police put the total much lower, the issue has alarmed Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, who condemned the incidents as "intolerable." Said a 78-year- old Korean woman who has lived in Japan for more than 70 years: "These attacks are crazy. Those children have committed no crimes. If the Japanese people want to protest against the North Korean regime, they should do so openly." Most Japanese...
...Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata named a Cabinet but acknowledged as he did so that solving such vexing problems as tax reform and trade hassles with Washington would not be easy for a government built on a minority coalition. As one Democratic Socialist legislator put it, "It can't get any worse than this...
...spotlight was on Japanese Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata amid speculation that he would inherit the post vacated by former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, who resigned two weeks ago. Like Hosokawa, Hata has been an outspoken critic of Japan's scandal-plagued political system; he also faces the challenge of holding together the fragile seven-party coalition that brought Hosokawa to power. Parliament is expected to vote on a new Prime Minister this week...
...weeks ago, when it became apparent that last-ditch trade talks in Washington were breaking down, Hosokawa quietly dispatched a high-level envoy to head off a conflict. When that failed, he sent an even higher intermediary, Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata. But a Thursday breakfast meeting between Hata and U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor was ended abruptly by Kantor, who complained that Hata had brought nothing new. After Hosokawa arrived later that day, Hata asked for one last, late-night session. But after three more hours of talks that broke up at 4 a.m., there was still no progress...
Ozawa and Hata's best prospect, however, may be to bring over more supporters from the L.D.P., where there is still considerable unhappiness with Miyazawa, 73, and worry about the voters' wrath on the reform issue. Former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu announced a 105-member group of L.D.P. legislators who favor reforms. If the Hata group does well, they may just defect...