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LEAD: An advisory committee that issued a widely praised report last year, in which it urged Japan to restructure its economy, is now calling for faster, more profound changes to placate Japan's trading partners and raise Japanese living standards.
LEAD: IN the first half of the 1980's, the nation's elderly saw their median income rise by about 16 percent while that of the rest of the population either rose slightly, stayed about the same or fell.
LEAD: The nation's bond markets are suffering their worst beating in three years as thousands of investors sell their holdings out of fear that the falling dollar will revive inflation.
LEAD: Making a surprise move to kill a hostile takeover, an investor group headed by executives of the Supermarkets General Corporation and Merrill Lynch Capital Partners announced plans yesterday to buy the company for $1.8 billion and turn it into a privately owned company.
LEAD: A Supreme Court decision upholding an Indiana curb on takeovers could bring a sharp drop in hostile takeover activity, experts on mergers predicted yesterday.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 22, 1987, covering April 23, 1987.
U2
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Poison
Paul Simon
1987Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer[†]
Michael Antonio Arroyo Mina is an Ecuadorian professional footballer, who plays for Espartanos as a winger or attacking midfielder.
1987John Boye, Ghanaian footballer[†]
John Boye is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
1987Emily Fox, American basketball player[†]
Emily Fox is an American former basketball player and former world record holder in sport stacking. She set the overall world record in the cycle in April 2002 and the 3–6–3. However, in 2006, her cycle record was beaten. Her 3–6–3 record was also broken in 2007 by Robin Stangenberg and Yannick Zittlau of Germany with a time of 2.70 seconds. She has appeared on several television shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, to demonstrate her skills.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]