Word: kaifu
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Dates: during 1989-1989
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...nonaligned movement dispensed with their past denunciations of the U.S. and instead called for "a productive dialogue with the developed world" on "protection of the environment." As if heeding that appeal, on Sept. 11, at an international environmental conference in Tokyo, Japan's new Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu affirmed a pledge that his country would offer $2.25 billion to tackle pollution in the Third World...
...says Japan is dominated by male shogunists? Not, apparently, the new Prime Minister, Toshiki Kaifu. Last week, in a move to improve the scandal-ridden image of his Liberal Democratic Party, Kaifu appointed two women to his 21- member Cabinet. Sumiko Takahara, 56, a writer on economic affairs, became Economic Planning Agency director, and former Labor Ministry bureaucrat Mayumi Moriyama, 61, was named to head the Environment Agency...
...country where only three females have ever held Cabinet posts, the appointments seemed a welcome change. But the L.D.P. still has a way to go in reforming itself. Kaifu, 58, attained his office by deal-making with ousted leaders Noboru Takeshita and Shintaro Abe; in return for their help, Kaifu awarded their factions powerful Cabinet positions. And Kaifu was already bedeviled by unfounded rumors of sexual misconduct...
...Kaifu, though regarded as a bright and rising legislator, boasts few achievements during nearly three decades in the Diet, except for serving twice as Education Minister. "He's a good-natured person," says Mitsuo Tomizuka, a former labor leader who once negotiated with Kaifu. "But I worry about whether he can lead people, whether he can assert independence...
...L.D.P. chieftains may like Kaifu's marionette qualities, but the real test for the party will be the next elections for the lower house, which are expected within a year. The opposition parties were quick to decry Kaifu's candidacy as a sign that the L.D.P. would not reform itself along more democratic lines. The L.D.P. hopes that Kaifu, the star of his university debate team, will simply outspeak his opponents...