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...bento-bako - the stacked lunch box packed with its careful array of distinct morsels - is the true ancestor of that emblem of modern Japan, the box full of microchips. Both represent a culture of linear flow: the processing of information, sensuous or electronic, through standardized components that can modulate content rapidly and to an infinite degree by rearrangement. The bento-bako is the archetype of modular coordination; food culture and high tech are, in spirit, the same. In short, the TV dinner begat the TV set, so to speak...
...many Japanese are searching for a deeper spiritual meaning to their lives, most are content with what they call chuto-hanpa (a bit of this, a bit of that) and scholars describe as juso shinko (multilayered faith). Blending aspects of different faiths has been the tradition in Japan since prime val Shinto, with its reverence for spirits in nature, began mingling with Buddhism and Confucianism. Both doctrines were imported from China via Korea 14 centuries...
...fire-in-the-belly feminism, Japanese women nonetheless recognize and resent their disadvantages. Says Student Ritsuko Yamariyo: "Of course, there's a mountain of discrimination in society, but women are incredibly strong because of it." A government White Paper last year reported that although most women are still content with their responsibilities as keepers of the home, only 13% feel they are given equal status at work, and only 10% believe they are treated equally in terms of social perceptions and customs. Shigeo Saito, author of a national sex survey, found that "Japanese housewives are frustrated in many ways...
...called sweet-and is. The former presidential press secretary contends it will not make "your nose run, your heart burn, or your sweetheart gag." (In fairness, it should be pointed out that other localities, like Walla Walla, Wash., also produce a sweet onion. Tests have shown that the sugar content in the Vidalia is highest; it seems to have something to do with the mild climate and the paucity of sulfur in the sandy soil here...
...beverages that the micros produce are more akin to imported German or English brews than to Budweiser Miller or other light, pale lager beers. The alcoholic content can range as high as 7% compared with less than 5% for most major domestic brands. "Our beer is richer, heavier, hoppier," says William Newman, 36, the founder of Wm. S. Newman Brewing (1982 sales: $103,000) in Albany. "There's simply a market out there for more distinctive beer." Some beer drinkers agree. Says Terry Czech, a roofer who lives in Schenectady, N.Y.: "I've gone several miles...