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...Korean singer Lena Park and a Japanese band called Chemistry. China also picked up on the good vibes and was making efforts to put aside its long-standing antipathy toward Japan: a group of women climbers from Japan and China arranged to take on Mount Everest together, their ascent supposedly symbolizing that the steep challenges in the relationship between Asia's two great powers can be overcome. Economically, too, North Asia has never been closer: China is now Japan's largest trading partner, and trade between Japan and South Korea is at an all-time high...
...China's ascent as an economic powerhouse has been stoked by nearly $500 billion of foreign investment in the past decade. In 2003 alone, $53 billion flowed in?the first time China eclipsed the U.S. as the No. 1 recipient of foreign investment. But all that cash isn't drifting in on global trade winds. Matching a capital-starved Shanghai manufacturer with a New York City financier requires an expert middleman, someone with Chinese-market savvy and an ability to bridge cultural divides. Here, TIME profiles an ?lite group we have dubbed China's Rainmakers: pioneering venture capitalists, investment bankers...
...does not climb Mount Fuji once in his life is a fool; he who climbs it twice is also a fool," so a Japanese saying goes. But in fact it's not as difficult as the proverb would have you believe. If arriving from Tokyo or Osaka, begin your ascent at Fujinomiya 5th station?a convenient trailhead?and bank on a five-hour trek to the top. Rest huts along the way sell noodles and will rent you a lumpy futon for a quick nap. There are also vending machines selling beer, hot tea and?you guessed it?Fuji Film...
...does not climb Mount Fuji once in his life is a fool; he who climbs it twice is also a fool," so a Japanese saying goes. But in fact it's not as difficult as the proverb would have you believe. If arriving from Tokyo or Osaka, begin your ascent at Fujinomiya 5th station - a convenient trailhead - and bank on a five-hour trek to the top. Rest huts along the way sell noodles and will rent you a lumpy futon for a quick nap. There are also vending machines selling beer, hot tea and - you guessed it - Fuji Film...
Civil engineer Pat Galloway wrote a first-person account of her ascent to the summit of her profession [March 7]. Her courage, determination and devotion to duty must be commended, and her account should be read by all women civil engineers to inspire, motivate and encourage them. During my long service as a professor of civil engineering, I have observed many women succeed in the profession at different levels...