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Howell has other ideas about smaller, specialized classes for undergraduates, such as a course about the city of Edo, which was renamed Tokyo in 1868, Howell said. Although Howell will probably not be able to teach a freshman seminar for three or four years, he said he would like to teach a freshman seminar on the samurai or on Edo at Harvard...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Welcomes Japanese History Professor | 5/12/2010 | See Source »

...Street vendors first appeared in Japan four centuries ago, when the Edo shogunate issued special vending passes to merchants who could not afford a storefront. The practice was briefly suspended during World War II when food was rationed, but in the decades that followed, street vending, catering to a new generation of housewives who embraced eating fresh local foods, blossomed. Then, in 1970, an international food expo held in Osaka introduced Japan to coffee and hamburgers. Chain restaurants and all-night supermarkets opened in step with the nation's booming economy and food vendors fell by the wayside. (See pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard from Tokyo: The Street Vendors are Back! | 3/21/2010 | See Source »

Assistant Professor of Astronomy Edo Berger, who teaches an introductory course in observational astronomy, offered Kruse a research position at the end of the previous academic year...

Author: By Brandon M. Law, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ethan A. Kruse: Turning His Eyes to the Sky | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

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