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...true. The benefit everyone gains from the Livedoor shock is the awareness that the public needs to have a higher level of financial literacy. Livedoor shareholders have learned a costly yet important lesson: it's always good to know exactly what you're paying for. Jo Matsumoto Fujisawa, Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/19/2006 | See Source »

...true. The benefit everyone gains from the Livedoor shock is the awareness that the public needs to have a higher level of financial literacy. Livedoor shareholders have learned a costly yet important lesson: it's always good to know exactly what you're paying for. Jo Matsumoto Fujisawa, Japan Cowboys in Love The critical acclaim received by the movie Brokeback Mountain is well deserved [Jan. 30]. It takes a courageous filmmaker to tackle the subject of a love affair between two men. Like many, I was awed by the depth of the movie and its characters. But I am concerned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barriers for German Women | 2/16/2006 | See Source »

...protection. Jenkins is a hero not because he has exonerated himself but because he did not let his past cowardice keep him from doing the brave thing for his family today. Americans should be demonstrating that vaunted "compassionate conservatism" we have heard so much about. Erik Sutter-Kaye Fujisawa, Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/17/2005 | See Source »

...derive great pleasure from feeling independent of machines. What's more, my electricity bill is incredibly low. And, of course, I contribute to conserving the environment. People who live in developed countries should stop and think about whether being surrounded by machines makes them happy. SACHIKO HIMENO Fujisawa, Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 19, 1998 | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

Maki's masterwork, a municipal gymnasium complex in Fujisawa, Japan, finished in 1984, is a marvel of engineering and fabrication. Inside the main, 2,000-seat gym, a vaulting span of 262 ft. 6 in. seems to levitate the roof just off the walls, creating an intense ribbon of natural light instead of some ordinary bolts-and-concrete seam. Outside, the pair of connected buildings, both clad in perfect, curved, wafer-thin sheets of stainless steel, look like 21st century allusions to 16th century Japanese armor, at once futuristic and resonant with the past. "One of architecture's functions," Maki...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Sublime To the Meticulous | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

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