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...Make no mistake, kei are dinky even compared with conventional subcompacts. The popular Daihatsu Move, for example, is 28% smaller on the outside than BMW's iconic Mini. Social and demographic trends in Japan-a country known for its affinity for bonsai and miniature electronics-appear to favor tiny, frugal cars. Young people are postponing or forgoing marriage and children, lessening demand for family-sized autos. For retirement-age baby boomers, minis make practical second vehicles; they are especially favored by obasans, older housewives like Yamamoto who have been the kei's most faithful customers. In Japan's less prosperous...
...Japan. That's partly because profit margins are too low to justify international sales. Daihatsu sells some of its minis in Southeast Asia and is working on a deal in China. But Suzuki-Japan's top minimaker until Daihatsu passed it last year-is reducing mini production in favor of subcompacts and compacts. "Minicar engines made for the Japanese market are too small," says Yoichi Kojima, a spokesperson for Suzuki. "Here you have only four passengers, but in India, for example, you need space to pack in as many people as possible...
...Science of Living Systems”, “Science of the Physical Universe,” “Societies of the World,” and “the United States and the World.”Several professors who voted in favor of the legislation expressed lingering concerns about details of the program.But former Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, who initiated the curricular review in 2002, encouraged professors to end the discussion. “Everything that can be said has been said, although not everyone has said it.” Kirby...
...film helped trigger one of the most dramatic opinion shifts in history as Americans suddenly realized they must change the way they live. In a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, an overwhelming majority of those surveyed-90% of Democrats, 80% of independents, 60% of Republicans-said they favor "immediate action" to confront the crisis...
...conflict." And it is this combination of advancing French national interests while going to bat for smaller allies that often allowed France to punch beyond its diplomatic weight category. "In hindsight, I think we'll see Chirac viewed as the statesman who neglected the hard decisions at home in favor of projecting France and its interests around the world," Reyni? concludes...