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...Just weeks after 9/11, the Diet passed the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law, which authorized the SDF to support international antiterrorist activities overseas. Under that legislation, the Kirishima was sent to the Indian Ocean?an interpretation of antiterrorism that some believe stretches Japan's constitution to its very limit. Says law professor Kitaoka: "Remilitarization is indeed going on, but no one is willing to take on the task of changing the legal framework." In fact, many legal experts claim that a number of the recent military laws are unconstitutional, yet no serious challenge to declare them as such or repeal...
...Mine owner Wang, who inherited the business from his father, insists he's not to blame for the locals' travails. "The houses in the town are cracking because they're old," he says, not because of his mining operation. The complaints, he adds, "have passed the limit of my forbearance." Nonetheless, Wang says he's willing to pay damages "because the county government is determined to settle this quarrel." So far, the petitioners have received none of the cash they've been told to expect...
This is not a hard problem to fix. Tort reform is not rocket science. A reasonable bill passed the House of Representatives just last year but died in the Senate, where the trial-lawyer lobby rules. The elements of a fix are simple: no limit on plaintiffs' lost earnings or other costs, a reasonable cap on pain and suffering ($250,000 in the House bill), a similar cap on punitive damages, serious penalties for frivolous lawsuits...
...Booklist: Top 10 Science Reference Sources. The compilers pleaded there were so many contenders they had to limit the list to the 500s of the Dewey decimal system...
Having to register classified work would not only limit who has access to it, but subject the labs to obtrusive security measures such as stationing armed guards at the doors...