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- LETTERS, Page 5Woman of the Hour
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- The political gains of Japan Socialist Party leader Takako
- Doi (WORLD, Aug. 7) are inspiring. Using the ballot, the
- Japanese people have revolted against sleazy traditional
- politics and supported Doi's goal to end the ruling party's
- monopoly on power. The Doi phenomenon is a sign of the emerging
- emancipation of Asian women. It reinvigorates Japanese
- democracy. I hope Doi becomes Prime Minister; I support her
- vision of a neutral and nonmilitarist Japan.
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- Mary C. Young Siu Tin Quezon City, the Philippines
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- What a magnificent misstatement was Agriculture Minister
- Hisao Horinouchi's assertion that "it is wrong for women to come
- to the forefront of politics." In the recent Japanese
- upper-house election campaign, he helped bring out female
- voters. One result was a 43% increase in women members of the
- upper house, from 23 to 33. Horinouchi has done more than anyone
- else to advance women in a major legislative body.
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- George A. Dean Southport, Conn.
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