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...blame than solving the problem, his already wobbly approval ratings went into free fall. "This may not be the fault of the current administration, but it's inevitable they will be judged by how they handle the crisis-and it's hardly been adequate," says 57-year-old Hideki Tamura, who had been waiting for over an hour at the Minato office to check on his own pension. "In this atmosphere, I wouldn't be surprised if the LDP loses the Upper House elections...
...Japan did not fight a war of aggression. It fought in self-defense.' YUKO TOJO, 68-year-old granddaughter of Japanese General and former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. General Tojo ordered the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor and was later executed for war crimes; his granddaughter is campaigning for a seat in the Japanese parliament as a far-right candidate...
...That Matsuzaka would eventually follow the likes of Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui to the U.S. Major Leagues was inevitable, and Japan is proud of his success, if a bit worried that expectations in Boston might be running too high. (Japanese fans may be a little fuzzy on Beantown's traditions, though. Toshiyuki Nagao, a lifelong fan, expressed concern that "there are many academic and white-collar people in Boston, who might not appreciate baseball's earthy passion." Nagao-san, you'll find plenty of earthy passion in the Fenway bleachers.) But some guardians of the Japanese game fear that...
...Lions $51.1 million just for the right to negotiate with the Japanese sensation. The righthander has even inspired some suspicious lore: his "gyroball," a supposedly unhittable sinking fastball (it sounds like a ruse). So buyer beware: while a few highly paid Japanese imports, like Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui of the New York Yankees, became All-Stars, others have memorably struck...
...Japan is virtually split over the issue, although it is slowly turning against the shrine visits. That change is in part due to revelations published last month that Emperor Hirohito apparently stopped visiting Yasukuni because 14 Class A war criminals, including WWII-era leader Hideki Tojo, were secretly enshrined there in 1978. There's also evidence that Japan's conservatives may finally be coming to grips with the truth of WWII. This week the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest paper and a traditionally conservative voice, published the conclusion of a yearlong examination of Japan's responsibility for the war. Rejecting...