Word: sasaki
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Died. Ruth Fuller Sasaki, 74, Zen Buddhist scholar and first Westerner admitted to the Rinzai Zen priesthood; of a heart attack; in Kyoto, Japan. She began to follow Zen after a 1930 sightseeing trip through China and Japan and migrated to Japan in 1950 to open a study center. Convinced of her sincerity, the Zen Buddhists later ordained her as a priestess in charge of her own temple...
...described by Western observers as "a party and a half" system, with the L.D.P. being the party and the opposition adding up to the half. Japan's Socialists, who control more than 12 million votes, are the nation's second biggest voting bloc, but Party Boss Kozo Sasaki, 65, is a Peking-lining fanatic who is even farther to the left than Communist Party Leader Sanzo Nozaka, 74, who last year struck a course away from Peking and more toward Moscow. Toward the ever-growing center of Japanese politics stands the Social Democratic Party (with 30 seats...
...week. "Over there, there's no freedom, and without freedom, how could one find life worth living?" Sato's suggestion: "You must never, never vote for such parties as Socialists or Communists." Almost invariably, the crowds cried: "Sato banzai!" All this should have unnerved Socialist Leader Kozon Sasaki, whose 141 lower-house members represent Japan's second largest party. But he merely countered with his standard attacks on the U.S. and routine demands for Japanese neutrality, with plenty of references to corruption thrown in. More exciting to outsiders was the debut on the national scene of Komeito...
Last week, as 597 delegates met in Tokyo's musty old Kudan Hall for their 28th annual convention, the Socialists had a chance to change the party's image. Up for re-election was Party Chairman Kozo Sasaki, 65, whose far-left tendencies have helped establish the present ideological direction. The challenger was Saburo Eda, 59, a moderate who seeks to direct the party into more vote-catching paths by de-emphasizing such Marxian credos as class war and nationalization. Instead, Eda promised to head the party toward his "Eda vision," an eclectic selection of party goals that...
...showdown, the vote split along predictable factional lines: 313 for Hard-liner Sasaki v. 274 for Eda and his vision. It was a guarantee that if Premier Sato does call a general election next month, the major opposition will not only still be out of touch with modern Japan, but will also be even more badly divided than his own scandal-tainted Liberal Democrats...