European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes Friday january 19,1990 mayor who faulted Hirohito is shot near Nagasaki office Tokyo a the mayor of Nagasaki the target of death threats since he said emperor Hirohito bore some responsibility for world War ii was shot and wounded thursday. Police said they arrested the Leader of a rightist group. The 67-year-old mayor Hitoshi Mot Oshima was rushed to surgery at Nagasaki Public Hospital after being shot in the Back outside Nagasaki City  told Japan broadcasting corp. Nhok television a Bullet pierced his left lung but he was not in serious condition. About five hours after the attack police said they had arrested a Man who confessed to shooting the mayor. Police identified him As Kazumi Tajiri 40. Of Tokyo and said he was arrested at a hotel in Nagasaki a City 600 Miles Southwest of Tokyo. A police spokesman described Tajiri As the Leader of a rightist group called sane thinkers school. Earlier news reports had said police were following a Lead on such a group. A Man who answered the Telephone at the group s office in Nagasaki refused comment on the shooting and refused to give any information about the sane thinkers school. The police official said the group has about 30 Mem Bers in Nagasaki More than any other rightist group in the City. It was established nine years ago and som members have been arrested in the past for shooting at a District court judge and for other crimes said the police official. City spokesman Megumi Nobuta said the mayor was shot As he was about to get into his car. The Kyodo news service quoted witnesses As saying the gunman a slim Man wearing a dark Brown suit came out of City Hall and shot Mot Oshima at close Range. Chief Cabinet Secretary Mayumi Moriyama said the shooting was an extremely cruel crime and it will have a Strong Impact on  it was the first time a politician had been shot in Japan since world War ii National police Agency records showed. But the records showed 25 pre Vious attacks on key politicians by rightists using knives swords explosives or fists the Agency said. Such attacks while not common give credence to threats by rightist groups. The most drama i in was in i960 when a right Wing student in an assault at a socialist party rally that was being Tele Vised stabbed party Lead or inc Jiro Asanuma to Mot Oshima death on stage. Mot Oshima has been receiving threats from Ultra nationalists and others since december 1988, when he said at a City Assembly session he believed Hirohito then on his deathbed shares responsibility for the War As Well As All of us who lived in that  Mot Oshima said Hirohito could have ended world War ii sooner and perhaps spared Nagasaki from the atomic bomb. Nagasaki was hit by an atomic bomb aug. 9, 1945, three Days after Hiroshima became the first City to be hit by a nuclear weapon. The mayor s comments enraged fringe groups that reject any criticism of the Imperial family and Moto Shima continued to receive threats even after Hirohito s death one year ago. Bush adviser meets with Aquino to give support amid coup rumours Manila. Philippines a a senior . Presidential adviser expressed Strong support thursday for president Corazon Aquino As thousands protested government plans to suspend a provincial governor linked to last month s coup attempt. President Bush sent Robert Gates his Deputy National Security adviser to meet Aquino and defense Secretary Fidel Ramos to convey american support amid rumours of an impending new attempt to topple her government. President Bush asked me to come Here to express his personal support for democracy and the constitutional process in the  Gates told reporters after a nearly two hour meeting with Aquino. He authorized me to be Able to give him a first hand report on developments Here and after i had a very Good meeting with president Aquino 1 can do  gales added. Among other things i would Tell him that she is very  in Washington White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Gates visit indicated the United states very strongly supports the Aquino government and noted that Bush ordered air support to help put Down the december coup attempt. This trip is to make sure there is no question about . Support for Aquino Fitzwalter said. Rumours of a new coup attempt have been sweeping Manila for weeks because Many leaders of the failed coup remain at Large. As a sign of continuing Security problems the government failed thursday to serve a suspension order on Rodolfo Aguinaldo governor of Bagayan province for his alleged role in the coup attempt. Aguinaldo a former lieutenant colonel said in a radio interview dec. 1 that he was sending tanks and artillery to Manila to support the rebels. The National Bureau of investigation says Aguinaldo s troops were turned Back by Loyal soldiers in Northern Luzon. On thursday local governments Secretary Luis san tos flew to the provincial capital of tug Garao 200 Miles North of Manila to serve the 60-Day suspension order. But Santos and his party were confronted by 5,000 people who demanded that Aguinaldo be retained i office. Aguinaldo met for three hours with Santos party but refused to accept the order. Col. Emiliano Templo who accompanied Santos said the group would remain in tug Garao until the order was served. Santos said he wanted to avoid bloodshed and would consider also the welfare and lives of Many people Here in  Aguinaldo was implicated but never charged in an August 1987 coup attempt. Afterwards he resigned from the military and raised his own private army ostensibly to fight communist rebels. World today greek magnate Niarchos rushed to Swiss Hospital St. Moritz Switzerland up greek ship Ping magnate Stayros Niarchos was rushed to the Hospital during his annual Winter vacation in this Swiss Mountain resort police said wednesday. A police official said Niarchos 80, was hospitalized on tuesday in nearby Ramadan. Police and Hospital official declined to give any further details. We have been instructed by the family to give no information at  a Hospital spokesman said. The popular Swiss daily newspaper Blick re ported that niarhos had been ailing for some time but it did not specify the illness. Car Tunnel in Oslo opens 14 Days ahead of schedule Oslo Norway a Drivers wanting to Cross the norwegian capital can now avoid its downtown traffic snarls by taking a Tunnel which opened thursday cutting Rush hour travel time from an up to one hour to less than two minutes. The 1.1-mile Tunnel financed by a controversial new toll system for vehicles entering the capital is expected to relieve the chaos on Oslo s narrow streets and avenues. King Olav v opened the $275 million Tunnel 14 Days ahead of schedule cutting a ribbon held by Oslo mayor Albert nordic Ngun and Eskild Jensen head of the National Road authority. The Tunnel with three lanes in each direction runs beneath the capital s Harbor District diverting traffic out of sight of such landmarks As the City Hall a Kurshus Castle and the Bank of Norway. Sex French minister Dies after collapse at meeting Paris up f9rmcr defense minister Charles Herne who resigned his Cabinet Post in1985 Over the French sinking of a Greenpeace ship died wednesday after collapsing during a meeting in the town of vill Eurbane officials said. Hamu 66, a Loyal socialist and close Friend of president Francois Mitterrand collapse wednesday night while addressing members of the armenian Community in vill Eurbane where he had served As mayor since 1977. Eastern Europe changes revive scouting interest Geneva Switzerland up political change in Eastern Europe has revived an interest in scout ing the world scout Bureau said wednesday. For Many years the scout movement has been banned in these countries because it was unacceptable to totalitarian regimes the organization said in its january newsletter. Instead of scouts the world scouting news said there were single stale controlled organizations to which All children and youths had to belong. Now however attitudes arc changing and scouting is starting to re emerge in Eastern Europe it said. Exiled King s daughters on 1 St visit to Romania Geneva a two daughters of exiled King Michael of Romania flew to Bucharest thursday on their first visit to the country to which their father has offered to return As head of a Constitution Al Monch Archy. A source close to the family said princesses Margarita and Sophie planned to stay at least five Days. Their itinerary was not disclosed and phone Calls to the family s residence near Geneva were unanswered. Both daughters were born after Michael went into exile in january 1948. He has never renounced the throne say ing he was under coercion when he signed an act of abdication shortly before he left the country. He told a press conference last dec. 22 after the overthrow of Nicolas Ceausescu that he was ready to return to his country As head of a constitutional monarchy if the people want me to come  Michael who holds a British passport moved to Switzerland More than 30 years ago. Margarita is his oldest daughter and is the first in line to succeed him As head of the Royal House. She has been an official with the Rome based United nations food and agriculture organization but joined her father after the first reports of to she i Nuen French and English but princesses Marg in far left and Sophi. Far right Are " does not speak romanian. Their parents. Queen Ann and King Michael of Romania Center