European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 31, 1986 the stars and stripes schools update Page 9 japanese Cabinet oks plan to boost defense spending Tokyo a the Cabinet voted tuesday to boost defense spending above the decade old self imposed ceiling of i percent of Gross National product prompting Praise from the . Military but causing the Domestic opposition to warn against a new Milita  Cabinet was approving a decision made late monday by leaders of the governing Liberal democratic party to increase the 1987 military budget by 5.2 percent to $21.9  figure represents 1.004 percent of Gnu while defense spending this fiscal year was 0.993 percent of  diet Japan s parliament is controlled by the governing party and is expected to approve the budget before the new fiscal year begins april i. Prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone Leader of the Liberal democratic party was quoted tuesday As say ing that breaking the ceiling could t be helped in order to improve the capability and labor conditions of the defense forces. The Kyodo news service said that when asked if the budget would invite accusations Japan is Militar izing Nakasone replied there is no possibility the country will become a military Power. Defense Agency chief Yuko Kurihara told reporters we tried to keep defense spending within the 1 per cent limit but the economic growth rate has slowed  a faster growing Gnu would give Japan More leeway to remain within the old limit. On the other hand we must continue our defense buildup As planned Kurihara said. We Hope to have the understanding of the  military spending is a sensitive Issue in Japan where a c9nstitution adopted after world War ii bans War As an instrument of foreign policy. The Cabinet set the 1 percent ceiling in 1976 in response to criticism that military spending was in creasing rapidly. The ceiling has been adhered to by All japanese governments since then. But the United states which has a Mutual defense treaty with Japan and stations about 61,000 troops Here in recent years has urged Japan to build up its defensive strength More rapidly. In Washington defense Secretary Caspar w. Wein Berger welcomed the planned budget increase. We Greet this wish great pleasure from every Point of View he told a news conference adding it will enable All of us to do the Job More of protecting  Small opposition parties and Japan s asian neigh Bors Many of whom Japan occupied in world War ii have expressed fears Japan will reemerge As a military Power. Releasing this 1 percent Brake Means not Only that the Nakasone Cabinet is trampling Over a self imposed pledge it is a rash act that greatly deviates from the principles of the peace Constitution socialist party Leader Takako Doi said tuesday. Communist party chairman Mitsuhiro Klancko is expansion. The defense Agency said the increased funds will be used to buy 12 More f-15 fighter planes and nine More anti submarine aircraft increase the number of regular military personnel by 510 and the number of reservists by 1,500 and extend training hours for pilots. The regular forces currently number 272,768 and reservists 44,900, said defense Agency spokesman maj. Chitoshi Harada. The Agency originally sought a 6.7 percent budget increase and Harada said officials still have to pare some items from its spending plan. Kyodo quoted Nakasone As saying the increase was necessary for the government to fulfil its 1986-90 de sense buildup plan. The plan Aims to develop Japan capability to repulse a limited Small scale foreign attack and envisages spending $115 billion Over the five years. Japan s Overall defense policy Calls for gradually improving defense capability while adhering to the 1947 peace Constitution. Asked about the Likely reaction of Japan s asian neighbors foreign minister Tadashi Kur Anari said i believe other countries will  the budget Only went Over the ceiling slightly so i Don t think there will be problems with neighbouring countries Kyodo quoted him As saying. Death toll in air raid on civilians in Afghanistan upgraded to 450 Islamabad Pakistan a the death toll in an Aerial bombing of civilians in the Southeastern Afghanistan City of Kandahar has risen to 450, Western diplomats said tuesday. The diplomats had reported last tuesday that the loll from the dec. 8 bombing in Central Kandahar was Well Over 100." the new figures Are based on reports received by diplomats in Kabul Afghanistan and transmitted to Islamabad. The diplomats who spoke on condition they not be identified further said the bombing was intentional. But it still was not known who piloted the one or More aircraft that dropped the bombs or the motive behind what the diplomats called the highly unusual attack. Soviet and afghan aircraft Are known to have bombed civilian areas mostly Small towns and Vil Lages in the past. But the bombs in Kandahar hit the offices of the governor of Kandahar province state the secret serv ice khad and the communist party. Serious Street demonstrations followed the bomb ing to protest the killings diplomats said. The diplomats also said that several High ranking officers of the afghan armed forces were arrested As result of their poor performance in the Kandahar fight ing which lasted from dec. 4 to 16. An estimated 300 afghan soldiers were killed and 400 others injured in the fighting but the communist government in Kabul claimed Victory Over the islamic guerrillas in Kandahar. Diplomatic sources also said Many bodies of afghan troops killed in the Kandahar fighting were piled up and burned rather than being Given an islamic burial. Guerrillas shot Down a helicopter on dec. 22 while it was flying from Kandahar to Kabul diplomats re ported. Guerrillas killed several afghan soldiers and destroyed two armoured vehicles on dec. 18 at Mahmoud ram in Kakisa province just Northeast of Kabul the diplomats said. Twenty afghan soldiers and several guerrillas were killed in fighting in Ning arhar near the pakistani Bor Der Between dec. 11 and 17, they added. Afghan Security forces seized 44 pounds of explosives concealed in a Load of oranges being carried by a Donkey last wednesday the government owned English language newspaper new Kabul times reported. The explosives were reported found in the Micro Rayon residential District where a Large number of soviet advisers and senior afghan military and civilian officials live. 5 principals appointed to help recruit teachers Darmstadt Germany Dodds Atlan tic Mediterranean and Germany regions have named principals who will help recruit teachers in the United states for the school year begin Ning in the fall of 1987. Lakin Heath England principal Linda Renz and Jennifer Beckwith principal of Oslo nor Way elementary Junior High will represent the Atlantic Region. Rota Spain elementary principal Gilbert Espinosa has been chosen by the Mediterranean  Gartner of Ulm elementary High school and Kathy Peters of Trier elementary will represent the Germany Region. The principals will receive instruction a Dodds Headquarters in Washington d.c., be fore their recruiting efforts scheduled for March and april. Student theater group to perform in 5 cities Frankfurt the International schools theater association will stage the caucasian Chalk Circle Jan. 6 at Frankfurt High school. The association comprised of actors and actresses from five department of defense dependents schools and seven International schools is offering a six Day five City performance of the  students from Berlin Frankfurt Hanau Munich and Wiesbaden arc joining Stu dents attending International schools in Amster dam Brussels Copenhagen Geneva London Paris and Tasis Switzerland in staging the production. The play opens in Copenhagen Jan. 4-5, and continues in Hamburg and Frankfurt Jan. 6. Atwo Day performance in Brussels follows with the final performance scheduled Jan. 9 in Paris. 40 Dodds students seek admission to jazz seminar Cologne Germany forty students from Dodds Germany Region High schools have applied to the fifth annual jazz seminar Jan. 25-30at the Koelner Hochschulz fuer Musik hosted by Cologne University. The seminar conducted under jazz musician professor Jiggs Wigham will include a concert Jan. 29 at the school. The concert open to the Public will Combine the talents of the Dodds and University  from Pitburg Bonn Frankfurt Hei Delberg Kaiserslautern Mannheim Munich Nuernberg and ram Stem have applied for admission. 34 Hahn students involved in Exchange program Hahn a Germany Hahn High school will celebrate 25 years of intercultural education when 34 students stay in German Homes Jan. 30-feb. 3 As part of an Exchange program. The program involves 34 German students and their families in St. Wendel near Saar Bruecken. The program is the oldest cultural Exchange program in Germany according to a re Gion  american students will also attend 10 hours of classes in the Busanus gymnasium in St. Wendel. German will be the working Lan  in the school year the 34 German Stu dents resided with american families As part of the Exchange program. Compiled by education Wylor Dave Wanciak protesting chinese students estimated at 40,000 peking a a senior education ministry official tuesday said up to 40,000 of China s University student shave participated in recent pro democracy demonstrations but that not one Stu Dent has been arrested. In the latest protest students at two peking univer Silines tuesday defied a government decree and put up Wall pos ters demanding Freedom and accusing the government of repressing the nation s democratic yearnings. The posters went up a Day after the official Media reminded students that hanging posters is a crime punishable by up to five years in jail. Ministry senior vice chairman Hedon Chang told chinese and Western journalists at a news conference that the government was treating the protesters with tolerance but would not Counte Nance any Challenge to the supremacy of the communist party. Students in at least 10 chinese cities have demonstrated this month for demo cratic Reform and greater Freedom. He the first senior chinese official to respond to questions about the student unrest said that of China s 2 million University students no More than 2 per cent have participated in demonstrations either actively or As onlookers