European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 24, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 11 rough times for Japan s Nice Guy ? party up heave expected to test new prime minister by Peter Lander associated press Tokyo a from powerful politicians to average japanese just about everyone likes Tsutomu Hata. But hell need a lot More than just a Nice Guy image to keep his new Job As prime minister. Hata now Japan s foreign minister will be formally elected prime minister by parliament on monday put Ting him in charge of a fractious seven bloc coalition government that has been paralysed for much of this year by arguments Over major issues such As tax Reform. The coalition just barely survived Morihiro Hosokawa s sudden resignation As prime minister april 8, and it took two weeks to Settle on Hata As the successor. They Are United Only in their opposition to the conservative Liberal democrats whom they ousted for the first time in 38 years last August when Hosokawa took office with pledges to clean up corrupt Money politics. Staying afloat will require the kind of leadership that the 58-year-old Hata has yet to demonstrate in his 25years As a lawmaker in parliament s lower House. He tries to solve problems always by  would make him qualified to be a Leader in a time of peace said political commentator Minoru Morita. Hata Hosokawa but i Harbor doubts whether he is suited to be a Leader in a time of confusion when cold blooded struggles Are  a former bus company worker Hata has none of the panache of the Debonair Hosokawa a descendant of Feudal warlords with a patrician air of detachment. Hata had no ambition to enter politics after graduating from the Middle ranked Seijo Makuen univer sity he worked for the bus company for 10 years and then moved straight into the parliamentary seat held by his father in the Central japanese prefecture of naga no. The conservative largely Rural District has returned Hata to parliament in every election since then. Hata did strengthen his father s political base by championing the cause of Farmers seeking Protection from foreign Competition. As agriculture minister in 1987, Hata suggested that japanese could t eat . Beef because their intestine were longer than americans. That theory proved false a few years later when the Market was opened and con sumption of american beef shot up. The turning Point for Hata came in june 1993, whence became the head of a group of lawmakers who bolted from the scandal besieged Liberal democratic party in a revolt that led to the party s eventual ouster. Hata was the nominal head of the new party called the Japan renewal party. But actually his ally Ichiro Ozawa organized the revolt and has since led from be Hind the scenes Hata s reputation As a sincere likable average Guy has been an asset in his role As the party s Public face. He has been in japanese politics for 25 years but he continues to be an average Man and live an average life Morita says. Barnstorming through Japan for last july s National elections Hata donned a Short sleeved suit jacket to Battle the summer heat a style Long out of fashion but reminiscent of his Days As a bus conductor. China fre6stiandhmendiss Beijing a in a move timed to improve relations with the United states China said saturday that a leading political prisoner from the 1989 pro democracy movement has been freed and gone abroad for medical treatment.  ,. \  /. The release of Wang Junta sentenced in 1991 to 13 years in jail for the backstage role he played in the Tia Nansen Square movement comes less than two months before the Clinton administration must decide whether Beijing has made enough Progress in human rights to continue receiving Access to Low , tariffs. Revoking China s most favored nation trading status probably would spark a Trade War that could Cost both countries thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in business. Vvv-0- a by. Yvo a Brief announcement from the Justice ministry re leased Over the official Xinhua news Agency said Wang was released on bail according to Law on account of the conditions of his  Wang who suffers from heart disease and chronic hepatitis a a serious liver ailment had Long requested a release on medical parole. He was moved from a prison Hospital to a Hospital run by the military in june. The report did not say where he had gone for medi Cal treatment. V " but a reliable source in Hong Kong who spoke on condition of anonymity said Wang on saturday was in route from Beijing to new York where his wife is at tending Columbia University. Dozens of children drown in Mediterranean Damascus Syria a thirty six schoolchildren and five teachers drowned Friday when their overloaded boat Sank in the Mediterranean off Syria the news paper Tishri reported saturday. \ in Egypt on the sane Day another 15 elementary school pupils and their Chap Crone disappeared arid apparently drowned when they went for a lunchtime swim. -. Y " a. Seven people still were missing after the syrian tragedy which occurred dui ing a school excursion off the province of Latakia. Fifteen people were rescued. 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