European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 6, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9to japanese bashing is just a game Tokyo up a americans have had their Chance. Now japanese can join in on Japan bashing. A software company has created a video game that lets people a a Bash Japan to help America get rid of the chronic Trade deficit it holds with one of its closest allies and one of its greatest irritants. The game called a Japan bashing a allows players to step into the shoes of the . Government and negotiate with Japan to get its massive Trade imbalance Down. Using data from opinion polls taken Over the past 10 years the player considers complaints against Japan and uses up a limited number of a bashing Points to try to persuade his adversary to reduce the imbalance. The player tries to build up the .-Japan relationship in the Best interests of his a country a and the game ends when the player reaches december 31, 1991, either sporting a Trade surplus or fighting a War with Japan. A a a Japan bashing is a key word of current events in Japan said Seika Kiuchi a spokesman for system soft the company that created the game. A we Are confident. The game will do  he added that the game offers various kinds of bashing ranging from a logical bashing to emotional  the maker Hopes to capitalize on the a sensational theme of Japan bashing a according to its promotional flier. Tensions Between Japan and the United states have escalated since president Bush a four Day visit in Early january aimed at reducing the massive Trade surplus Japan holds with the United states. Last year Japan a surplus was $41 billion. The rhetoric across the Pacific has heated up since the speaker of Japan slower House of parliament called americans Lazy and uneducated while prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa commonly considered an americ Nophile said America had lost its a work  american officials have responded with references to Japan a defeat during world War ii and with claims that Japan uses unfair Trade practices that contribute to the surplus. The software company will Start marketing its video game on March 27, and it Hopes to sell some 50,000 units at $70 each throughout Japan this year. For now the game can Only be played on japanese Nec pc-9800 personal computers. Americans will have to make their Way to Japan if they want to join in on the fun a system soft says it has no plans to Market the game in the United  thins applicant ranks cafes says Birndorf Germany a amps the troop draw Down is making it More difficult for aulfes to fill positions at its facilities throughout Europe the chief of people resources for the Exchange system said this week. De Lesky said there is a shortage of Job applicants on hand. Cafes is not affected by a current hiring freeze within . Army. Europe he pointed out. A a we be got the jobs available a he said. He said cafes has pledged to keep its services open at each base marked for closure until that base actually closes. A since we re going to be there until the end we re going to need people until the end a Lesky said. But there Are jobs available at bases that Are not closing too he said. A we probably have a fairly widespread need in the food service area a he said. Retail and other cafes services also have openings he said. Lesky said cafes has had difficulty keeping its vacancies filled since operation desert shield. With spouses away Many employees quit work to take care of family matters. When the War ended Many people chose not to return to their jobs he said. As the draw Down picked up momentum people apparently have focused on the end of their european tour he said. A the need for a Job suddenly becomes in their personal lives less important a he said. The Exchange service is having a a Little greater difficulty in attracting applicants. Starting this week Job applications for cafes jobs will be available at the id checkers counter in All exchanges he said. Completed applications can then be returned to the same location. This will eliminate the difficulty for prospective applicants in finding the proper office for filing their applications be  airman gets jail term for fondling 13-year-old girl Izmir turkeys amps a an Izmir airman convicted tuesday of committing indecent acts with a 13-year-old girl will spend 135 Days in jail receive a bad conduct discharge and be reduced to the rank of airman. Senior airman Morris t. Thibodeaux was tried in a special court martial at Izmir air station. Thibodeaux pleaded guilty to one count each of indecent acts with a child under 16 and of indecent liberties with a child under 16, base officials said wednesday. Air Force regulations prevent the release of Thibodeaux Sage. The conviction stemmed from an incident last August when Thibodeaux exposed himself and fondled his victim base officials said. Thibodeaux a personnel specialist with the 7241st air base group at Izmir air station has More than three years service in the air Force. He will serve his sentence at in Ciurlik a  goes door to door kills 6 in Swiss rampage Lugano Switzerland api a a gunman killed six people and seriously wounded six in a rampage near this picturesque Southern town ringing doorbells and firing on victims As they answered the door police said thursday. The 37-year-old Man armed with a Kalashnikov Semi automatic Rifle was arrested shortly after the shooting spree wednesday night police said. Authorities had not yet determined a motive. Police identified the gunman As Erminio Criscione of Cimo in  the . United nations armoured personnel carriers Are greeted by residents of Kafra Lebanon wednesday. Residents of the shiite Muslim Village requested the increase in help from the . And the deployment of lebanese army forces to protect their town which is caught in the Middle of skirmishes Between israelis and pro iranian Hezbollah fighters. The town has been the target of recent israeli shellings.$3 million . Aid to Vietnam called modest Bangkok Thailand a the United states will contribute $3 million i humanitarian Aid to Vietnam the offi Ial voice of Vietnam radio network re sorted thursday. A vietnamese official thanked the United states for the Aid but described be amount As modest said the radio re Ort monitored in Bangkok. The Aid offer was conveyed by an american delegation in Hanoi led by As instant Secretary of state for East asian and Pacific affairs Richard Solomon. Since 1975, the United states has maintained an economic embargo on Vietnam that it says will remain until More Progress is made in accounting for american servicemen missing from the Vietnam War. Solomon a group is on an asian tour that includes the three indochinese countries where the United states still is trying to learn the fates of More than 2,000 servicemen still listed As missing in the War which ended in 1975. Be Mai Vietnam a Deputy foreign minister noted that the new $3 million offer was in addition to $6 million the United states contributes to Vietnam through non governmental organizations and a tens of millions of dollars contributed through United nations Aid programs. But he said the sums remained modest a in comparison with the humanitarian needs of Vietnam As Well As Vietnam a great efforts in response to . Humanitarian issues and especially regarding a country like the United  . Humanitarian issues apparently referred to american wishes to accelerate an accounting of the missing servicemen. Officials from the joint task Force full accounting the official american body charged with ascertaining the Fate of americans missing in Indochina Are accompanying Solomon a delegation. The voice of Vietnam said be Mai told a news conference thursday in Hanoi that As a result of Solomon a visit the process of normalizing relations Between Vietnam and the United states has maintained its Pace. Solomon a party was to travel to the laotian capital of Vientiane thursday afternoon but an american embassy spokesman in Bangkok could not confirm his arrival there