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...time the police get involved, it is often too late. Wakako Tokuda was a plump-cheeked schoolgirl attending a prestigious private academy in Kobe. Though she had run away before, Tokuda left home for good last December after her father reportedly blew up over her newly pierced ears. Her 21-year-old boyfriend found the 16-year-old Tokuda strangled late October in the one-room Osaka apartment they shared. It turned out Tokuda had been seduced by the mean streets of Osaka. Journalists found ads for a bar, where patrons paid to fondle girls, featuring Tokuda in a slinky...
Miyazawa refused to meet opposition demands for closer Diet review of any deployment with the U.N. He lost the backing of some in his own party, who feared they would alienate voters in next summer's election. "Pacifist sentiment, especially among women, is very strong," said Wakako Hironaka, an opposition member who supported the bill. "Some people mistakenly fear that sending troops overseas, even with the United Nations, means the revival of militarism...
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