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...January 2006, the mayor appointed a new task force to work with the University as it prepared its Master Plan, which outlines development for 250 acres of Harvard’s holdings. Boston must approve the document before Harvard can begin to develop its property...
...shocked that a mayor of Nagasaki has been shot for the second time," said anti-nuclear activist Makoto Matsumoto. "If it turns out that [the shooter] was a right-winger or a person with ties to organized crime, it shows that the nuclear bomb issue is still with...
...mayor of Nagasaki, Iccho Itoh, was shot and seriously wounded Tuesday night, while campaigning for re-election in this southwestern Japanese city. The 61-year-old, running for his fourth term as mayor, was shot twice in the back near his campaign office at around 7:50 p.m. local time, and was taken to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition. Itoh's heart had stopped, according to NHK, Japan's national broadcaster, but there has been no further news about his condition as of midnight...
...Tetsuya Shiroo, 59, and said he was a senior member of a gang affiliated with Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's biggest yakuza criminal syndicate. Police say Shiroo admitted to the shooting upon his arrest. His motive remains unclear: local media are reporting that Shiroo had a personal grudge against the mayor and his local government, but at least one anti-nuclear activist wondered whether there might be a political motive...
...February 2003, Shiroo reportedly had a car accident that he blamed on construction under way near a city street. When his insurance company refused to pay his claim, Shiroo sued the Nagasaki government and eventually the mayor, reportedly claiming that Itoh had fabricated the original accident report. The case was thrown out of court, but Shiroo's anger against Itoh may not have cooled - TV Asahi reported that it had recently received a letter from the suspect claiming that the mayor was involved in corrupt practices...