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Regardless of what else is said about Monica Lewinsky, BILL CLINTON can be thankful that it's never been suggested that she is a Chinese spy. RYUTARO HASHIMOTO is not so lucky. For months Japan's Prime Minister has been dogged by rumors that while he was a Cabinet official in the 1980s, he consorted with a Chinese woman who was an agent for Beijing. Although he has refused to answer any questions about how close they were, Hashimoto last November admitted that the woman had interpreted for him and that he had written her and bought her a meal...
Regardless of what else is said about Monica Lewinsky, Bill Clinton can be thankful that it's never been suggested that she is a Chinese spy. Ryutaro Hashimoto is not so lucky. For months Japan's prime Minister has been dogged by rumors that while he was a cabinet official in the 1980s, he consorted with a Chinese woman who was an agent for Beijing. Although he has refused to answer any questions about how close they were, Hashimoto last November admitted that the woman had interpreted for him and that he had written her and bought her a meal...
...evidence that the woman was a spy is a little shaky. But last week the opposition Democratic Party of Japan announced it would launch an investigation of the relationship and of the woman. Result: a lot of questions -- why was Hashimoto using a Chinese, not a Japanese, interpreter? how did the woman subsequently get Japanese citizenship so easily? -- are being raised, and loudly...
...famously toothy smile of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. They will switch on their smiles too, but mostly for show. Bill Clinton is stuck in the mire of the Lewinsky matter. Germany's Helmut Kohl is facing a September election he may not survive. Japan's Ryutaro Hashimoto is struggling to keep his government and his country's economy from collapsing. Boris Yeltsin is in poor health and is a political lame duck...
...There's a battle among Hashimoto's own people," says Baumohl. "Many of them are intent on further reducing the budget deficit -- tax reduction would knock them off that course." But in recessionary times, belt-tightening (as the U.S. learned under Herbert Hoover) can be disastrous. Instead of leading the recovery in Asia, Japan's doldrums are suppressing it. The rest of the world is waiting...