Japan to publish Saddam Hussein's novel on May 19

Japan to publish Saddam Hussein's novel on May 19

TOKYO, Japan - Itsuko Hirata, translator of a novel by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, holds up a Japanese copy of the book, ''Akuma no Dance (Devil's Dance).'' Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. said May 12 the novel has been published nowhere else. It will hit bookstores May 19.

Disarmament advocate and ex-lawmaker Utsunomiya dies

Disarmament advocate and ex-lawmaker Utsunomiya dies

TOKYO, Japan - Tokuma Utsunomiya, a former Diet member and advocate of disarmament, died of pneumonia on July 1 at a hospital in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, his family said. He was 93. The Kyodo News file photo was taken in 1989. Utsuomiya, a native of Tokyo, is known for founding the monthly magazine ''Gunshuku Mondai Shiryo'' (Data for Disarmament Issues) in 1980, using his own funds.

Japan to publish Saddam Hussein's novel on May 19

Japan to publish Saddam Hussein's novel on May 19

TOKYO, Japan - Itsuko Hirata, translator of a novel by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, holds up a Japanese copy of the book, ''Akuma no Dance (Devil's Dance).'' Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. said May 12 the novel has been published nowhere else. It will hit bookstores May 19. (Kyodo)

Disarmament advocate and ex-lawmaker Utsunomiya dies

Disarmament advocate and ex-lawmaker Utsunomiya dies

TOKYO, Japan - Tokuma Utsunomiya, a former Diet member and advocate of disarmament, died of pneumonia on July 1 at a hospital in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, his family said. He was 93. The Kyodo News file photo was taken in 1989. Utsuomiya, a native of Tokyo, is known for founding the monthly magazine ''Gunshuku Mondai Shiryo'' (Data for Disarmament Issues) in 1980, using his own funds.