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...terrorism"; former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set up a special task force on the issue last year. Families of the victims have become national celebrities, and make regular media appearances not only to campaign for their cause but also to speak out on politics and nuclear disarmament. Hatsuhisa Takashima, special assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, says a recent poll shows that "88% of Japanese are interested in the abduction issue and want it resolved...
...Takashima professorship, supported by a $3million grant from the Kyoei Steel Company ofJapan and named for the president of the company,will support a scholar in the humanities...
...unclear which post Iwasaki was underconsideration for. Graduate students saidyesterday that University of Washington professorJay A. Rubin, who served as Reischauer visitingprofessor of Japanese studies in 1990-91, wouldlikely be tapped for the Hibbett replacement, andthat Iwasaki would fill the Takashima chair...
...said that Iwasaki had participated in manydepartmental committees and had helped raise fundsfor the Takashima chair...
...same as a death sentence." To protest the plan, workers at Japan's eleven major mines mounted a 24-hour strike on Nov. 13. Some 7,000 supporters marched with union flags and placards in subfreezing weather. Still, their action did not prevent last week's closure of the Takashima coal mine, the country's oldest...