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Miyazawa refused to meet opposition demands for closer Diet review of any deployment with the U.N. He lost the backing of some in his own party, who feared they would alienate voters in next summer's election. "Pacifist sentiment, especially among women, is very strong," said Wakako Hironaka, an opposition member who supported the bill. "Some people mistakenly fear that sending troops overseas, even with the United Nations, means the revival of militarism...
Discussing his future plans, Hironaka said yesterday, "I like America, but I like life in Japan too. I miss Kyoto very dearly, but I cannot say if I will go back...
...Hironaka has been away from Japan for the last 18 years except for a visit during the academic year 1972-73 when he was on leave from Harvard. He has been a professor here since...
...Hironaka received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Kyoto University and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1960, and then taught for eight years at Brandeis University and another four years at Columbia University before coming to Harvard...
...Hironaka teaches algebraic geometry and complex analytic geometry...