The World - News from March 5, 1985

The condition of ex-Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is more serious than first believed after a stroke last week, his doctors said. They had predicted recovery in three to four weeks, but they now say it could be as long as three months before Tanaka, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s largest faction, can return to normal activities. They said it is not known whether Tanaka, 66, will suffer any permanent paralysis.