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...respondents in the poll said they wanted to see Yanigisawa resign for his remark - and with elections coming up in July that could decide the control of the Diet's upper house, many of Abe's own party members feel the same way. LDP ethics committee chairman Takashi Sasagawa told reporters that Yanagisawa "should quit quickly like a man" - thus demonstrating that Sasagawa was slightly missing the point of the whole sexism thing. But today Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Abe's right-hand man, confirmed that Yanagisawa was staying, which will only exacerbate divisions with...
United, but not necessarily unanimous. There were scattered calls for an examination of the Emperor's responsibility for World War II and complaints of undue reverence in reporting his current illness. Said Norikatsu Sasagawa, 48, professor of law at the International Christian University: "The Emperor's health has been treated like a classified military secret. The current jishuku is just too much." Leftist radicals showed their disgruntlement by setting two tiny bombs at subway stations only a few blocks away from the moated palace where Hirohito lay ill, and spraying red paint near the entrance to the tumulus...
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