Word: masao
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...parties may win seats on the proportional list, but probably far fewer than in the past. That has already incensed some of the Social Democratic Party members in Hosokawa's own coalition, and five of them voted against the government plan. "It's over for the Social Democrats," said Masao Kunihiro, an upper-house member of the party. "This new system stamps out minority views...
...most Japanese -- like most Americans -- place the responsibility for U.S. economic troubles largely on Americans themselves. "Whatever happened to the good old Emersonian credo that if you build a better mousetrap, the world . will beat a path to your door?" asks Masao Kunihiro, an anthropologist who is also a member of the Diet's Upper House. "That is what made America what it is today, economically and industrially powerful. But many of us, rightly or wrongly, now feel that the U.S. is no longer turning out mousetraps which are better than ours. Sadly, there's been an erosion...
...rules, Japanese firms cannot even export equipment to remove mines (although in the past some companies, feeling less constrained, haven't minded selling high-tech equipment with potential military applications to the Soviet Union). "Japan was bashed for only providing money for the war and not participating directly," says Masao Takemoto, a spokesman for electronics giant Mitsubishi. "But in the reconstruction period we will also be under restrictions...
Some experts estimate that the Ground Self-Defense Force, as the army is known, is at least 12% below its authorized strength of 180,000 because it cannot find enough recruits. Even critics of the military show some sympathy. Says Masao Kunihiro, a Socialist Diet member who opposes the use of Japanese troops abroad: "It's a pity that the S.D.F. has been treated so shabbily by the public...