European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday november 29.1991 opposition members protest a vote called in Japan s parliament to pass a controversial peacekeeping corps Bill. Vote on peacekeeping corps ignites Japan parliament Melee Tokyo apr following a Brawl among lawmakers that dramatically attested to deep divisions Over the Issue the japanese parliament took a decisive step wednesday toward allowing peacekeeping troops to be sent overseas. The Melee erupted when Yoshiro Hayashi chairman of a special House committee that wrote a Bill to create a peacekeeping corps decided to break off weeks of discussion and announce a vote. Outraged opposition party members rushed him shouting and grabbing frantically for the microphone. Hayashi managed to Call on a majority of the so committee members to approve the measure after he was ringed by Security guards who fended off a Phalanx of attacking legislators. Hayani a member of the governing Liberal democratic party which has pushed hard for the Bill was then hustled out of the room. The informal committee vote a which consisted of members standing to indicate approval a virtually assures that the Bill will pass a full session of the lower House on thursday Ana the less powerful upper House soon after. The measure would form a peacekeeping corps of up to 2,000 self defense forces members a Japan a military a and some civilians. They would be the first ground forces to be sent overseas since world War ii. The corps is Japan a answer to Western criticism that it has shirked its political responsibilities As a major beneficiary of the global trading system. Such complaints stung the government during and after the persian Gulf War despite their pledge of $13 billion in Aid. Conceived in a pacifist Japan the corps is a far cry from the japanese Imperial army of 50 years ago. The troops would be lightly armed for self defense and required to withdraw if a cease fire broke Down. Those provisions Are intended to conform to Japan a postwar Constitution which bars the use of Force to Settle overseas disputes. Even so deep seated fears of the militarism that led Japan to disaster in the War a and which still haunts some of its asian neighbors a have dogged debate on the Bill and led to wednesdays shoving match Between leftist opposition members and the ruling party. Just before the fight erupted debate broke Down Over an opposition party a demand that a civilian control of the peacekeeping corps be strengthened. The democratic socialist party wants parliamentary approval of any troop dispatch to be required within six months. Other More left leaning opposition parties including the leading opposition socialists oppose any troop deployment at All. The governing lip which contains Many right Wing members who seek a stronger More Independent Japan had Long insisted that parliamentary approval was unnecessary. After weeks of debate the lip agreed to require approval within two years but refused to Compromise further. Wednesday afternoon with the support of Only one opposition party Komito lawmakers decided they had done enough to gain consensus and railroaded the Bill through. With an lip majority of 28 members on the committee in addition to five from Komito passage was assured. World japanese court upholds forced overtime with pact from wire reports Tokyo a the supreme court ruled thursday that companies can Force employees to work overtime ending a rift lasting nearly a Quarter of a Century involving electronics giant Hitachi Ltd. And a former employee. The ruling came As the government considers How to reduce the number of hours japanese work including cutting the Normal six Day work week to five Days. Workers in Japan put in More hours per week than in any other industrialized country. The supreme court decision ended a 24-year-old dispute Between Hitachi and Hideyuki Tanaka 50, who was dismissed from a Hitachi factory in october 1967 when he refused to work extra hours. The current Law says managers can Force employees to work overtime a anything More than eight hours per Day or 40 hours per week a if an agreement is reached ahead of time. However they cannot be punished for making employees work extra hours without an  tossing banned Paris a Interior minister Philippe mar Chand on wednesday banned Dwarf tossing in France calling it an a intolerable attack on human dignity. The spectacle throwing a Dwarf in protective gear As tar As possible onto an inflated mattress has become popular in Australia. It is often staged in bars along with other entertainment such As female wrestling and topless boxing. Marchand said his order was based on the european convention to safeguard human rights. Michel Gillibert state Secretary in charge of the handicapped equally condemned the practice calling it a exploitation of the image of the  fun productions a French events company based in Nice signed a contract with about 40 establishments by the end of october to stage Dwarf  sighting in . Moscow a . Diplomats Are continuing to press for permission to visit a Region in the Central soviet Union to Check out a reported sighting of a . Airman who had been shot Down in Vietnam a spokesman said wednesday. A two embassy officers were unable to obtain permission to visit Sar Shagan a a military test site in the Republic of Kazakhstan embassy spokesman John Ohta said. The two officers travelled to Kazakhstan and Back to Moscow last week to investigate a report published by the weekly Kommer Sant newspaper that a . Pilot was taken to kazakh capital of Alma Ata m september 1967 after being shot Down in May of that year. The Pilot was not identified by name. A the embassy requested High level authorization for a visit and we Are continuing to press for a visit a Ohta said. The Region around Sar Shagan is controlled by the soviet military. It lies within Kazakhstan one of the few soviet republics not to declare outright Independence from the soviet  help in drug Case Bern Switzerland a Swiss authorities have ordered a precautionary freeze of three Bank accounts following a . Request for Legal Aid in a Case involving alleged drug Money laundering. Swiss Justice ministry spokesman Jorg Kistler said wednesday it was possible the freeze would be extended to other accounts. He said the american Legal assistance request involved amounts of less than $10 million. A . Attorney on monday said authorities had smashed an International ring that laundered up to $500 million during the past two years from the colombian based Cali Ana Medellin cocaine cartels. He said about 25 Banks were involved in the United states Switzerland England Colombia and the Caribbean. The alleged head of Day to Day operations Stephen Saccoccia was arrested with his wife Donna at Geneva Airport on sunday pending a . Extradition request. Saccoccia is a Rhode Island precious metals dealer accused of having ties with organized crime. Australian Navy to take Over top secret facility from . Canberra Australia up the United states will hand Over the top secret North West Cape joint naval communications base to Australia defense minister sen. Robert Ray announced thursday. Ray made the announcement in an address to the australian parliament and submitted an Exchange of letters with defense Secretary Dick Cheney outlining the arrangements. The turnover will be done Over a seven year period Ray said. An australian naval officer will be appointed in command in 1992, and the . Navy will work to minimize its staffing at the base before then he said. A the new arrangements Are a landmark in building australians self Reliance and a measure of the maturity of our relationship with the United states a Ray said. Ray said the base will continue to be a joint defense facility throughout the transition period and the United states will have Access to it after it becomes an australian facility. The United states will contribute to future operating costs on the basis of its level of use he said. North West Cape in Western Australia is one of three top secret joint defense facilities in Australia operated by the United states and Australia. The others Are Nur Ungar in South Australia and Pine Gap in Central if Otralia. Nur Ungar recently was recognized for the part it played in the persian Gulf War in helping to pinpoint positions of iraqi forces. North West Cape has been the scene of demonstrations by citizens protesting that its strategic importance constituted a grave threat to Australia in the event of a global War. Analysts said Australia has an ongoing intelligence sharing arrangement with the United states