29 JANUARY 1983, page 9

When Democracy Ended

Richard Calvocoressi Berlin O n 9 January, Karl Carstens, President of the Federal Republic, reluctantly declared the Bundestag dissolved and an- nounced the holding of......

Yasu And Ron And Pinch Me

Murray Sayle Tokyo O h, what a tangled web we weave, when we go on and off the record! Only a Week ago, Japan had a brand-new, energetic Prime Minister, promising, in a series......