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...KIICHI MIYAZAWA Nov. 5, 1991?Aug. 8, 1993 Lowest approval rating: 20% Memorable achievement: Ever the magnanimous host, he bravely served as vomit receptacle for visiting President George Bush...
...SOSUKE UNO June 3?Aug. 9, 1989 Lowest approval rating: 28% Memorable achievement: The only executive in Japan to actually lose his job over an affair with a geisha...
...TOSHIKI KAIFU Aug. 10, 1989?Nov. 4, 1991 Lowest approval rating: 39% Memorable achievement: Introduced the polka dot necktie to a Diet that previously preferred monotone cravats...
...godfather of Chungchong pro-vince, south of Seoul, certainly loves his cutlery. Last Aug. 13, the day Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stirred Korean anger over his country's wartime past by visiting Yasukuni Shrine?a notorious symbol of Japanese militarism?13 of Cho's men sent a message to Tokyo. Draped in Korean flags, they knelt on the ground in Independence Park in Seoul and each laid a pinkie finger on a flat, wooden scything board. As television cameras rolled, they lopped off the last joint, wrapped the bloody stubs in a Korean flag and headed off to present...
Chandrasekaran's probation will end on Aug. 13, after which, provided he has broken no more laws, his case will be dismissed...