Word: haruo
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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...