The Michigan Daily - Monday, November 16, 1992- Page 7 Japanese right wing seeks power through thugs and intimidation DAT A TOKYO (AP) - It is eerily reminiscent of another era, and an- other Japan. Politicians bow abjectly to right-wing extremists who burst into their offices shouting insults. Little more than a half-century ago, militarist terror and political assassinations helped destroy Japanese democracy, leading to the Pacific War. Today, the right wing's anger has been incited by a trial exposing its links with Japan's underworld gangs, or yakuza. No one suggests the current threat from the right is equal to that of the 1930s. On February 26, 1936 - a day of infamy in Japan - rightists stormed the prime minis- Lawmakers discourage quick change in gay policy WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders urged President-elect Clinton Sunday to go slow on overturning the military's ban on homosexuals, arguing that sudden action would create a furor in Congress and could endanger lives in the armed forces. "I can't give him any advice ;except to go slow," Senate ;Republican leader Bob Dole said. "There are other things you can do by executive order that wouldn't blow the lid off the Capitol. I think this one might come close." Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., Chair of the Senate Armed ' Services Committee, appearing on