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...While relatively calm in recent years, Palau is no stranger to political unrest. After it switched from being administered by the U.S. to a republic in 1981, its first president, Haruo I. Remeliik, was assassinated in his driveway in 1985; the killers were never caught. Three years later, Palau's third president, Lazarus Salii, committed suicide after being accused of bribery; months earlier, his personal aide had been convicted of firing a gun into the home of the Speaker of the House of Delegates...
...futuristic world of Japanese product design, watchmaker Haruo Suekichi is an unabashed Luddite. His handcrafted, one-of-a-kind timepieces hark back to the rudimentary mechanics of the Victorian era. Bulbous watch faces show hands ticktocking around miniature globes; others, crafted of delicate wiring, tremble like mechanical insects. One watch is designed to fit on a thumb, another to be strapped on easily by a one-armed...
...developing country is now backfiring massively. The high prices and poor consumer satisfaction that Japanese citizens encounter every day has spurred a never-ending cycle of depressed demand and low growth. "The quality of life in Japan is eroding and low domestic productivity is a primary reason why," says Haruo Shimada, a professor of economics at Tokyo's Keio University and a special advisor to the Cabinet Office. Japan's domestic economy has become the millstone around the nation's neck, slowly pulling it to the bottom of the pool...
...building is being funded by a $8 million gift from Haruo Natio, the chief executive of the Eisai Company, a major Japanese pharmaceutical firm...
...Haruo Naito's company has had a long association with Loeb Professor of Chemistry Yoshito Kishi. Knowles said in a news release that Naito was also impressed by the quality of the department's students and research...