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...Lady was not able to go to the mountain (Fuji, that is), but the mountainous Takamiyama came to the Lady. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, on a visit to Asia, was ready to tussle with Japanese officials over matters of state. The Tetsu no Onna (Iron Lady) was not, however, prepared to lock arms with Japan's heftiest Sumo wrestler, Takamiyama, whose name means Mountain of the Lofty View. The 6-ft. 4-in., 448-lb. colossus, born Jesse Kahaulua in Hawaii and now a naturalized Japanese citizen, disarmed Mrs. Thatcher by cuddling her hand in his great...
...about. Not just the obvious kind, chasing after the girl or boy of your dreams, but the romance too that colored attitudes toward adventures of old. Today people are educated to be skeptical of heroes who skirted the globe alone, or became the first to ascend Mt. Fuji, or flew across an ocean singlehandedly, but Buffett ascribes to them the old allure of glory, bravery, and unadulterated accomplishment He harks back to the days when people were more innocent--more easily deluded, the cynics will say--when there was no People Magazine to pry the lid off luminaries' private lives...
This sense of duty is not readily understood by foreigners. Last week Takuya Sakai, 53, captain of the Fuji Maru, a ship carrying Subaru cars to the U.S., discovered upon docking at Los Angeles harbor for refueling that more than 200 of the autos were damaged by water leaks in the cargo hold. Considering himself responsible for the accident, Sakai attempted to commit harakiri. When that failed, he slit his throat...
...production next year at a cost to buyers of $16,000 each. The car runs on fast-charge, lead-acid batteries, but has a small rotary gasoline engine to boost power for passing and to rescue drivers from battery failure. Jet Industries of Austin, Texas, takes Ford, Chrysler and Fuji cars and trucks from the factory, installs lead-acid batteries and resells the vehicles to fleet owners for $10,000 to $14,000 each...
...rigid consensus system, no good ideas can emerge."; One of Saji's ideas was to promote his company's beer and wine as well as whisky through franchised Suntory Pubs; 30,000 of them now dot Japan. He also opened a computerized distillery in 1973 near Mount Fuji. With only 75 employees, it turns out 11.8 million gallons a year, or 60% of Suntory's malt whisky production...