Word: hashimoto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ryutaro Hashimoto's remarks in an hour-long speech, on topics ranging from Japanese-American relations to the inner workings of Japanese holding companies, were entirely in Japanese. One-third of the audience donned small headsets to hear an English translation...
...Hashimoto's entourage sat on plastic chairs in front of a chalkboard, on which a tacked-up crimson banner read, "The Harvard Radcliffe Kendo Club welcomes his Excellency Ryutaro Hashimoto...
...informal affair was dubbed "auspicious" by Susan J. Pharr, director of Harvard's program on U.S.-Japan relations. Hashimoto drew laughs by saying he thought he was expected not to comment on world affairs, but to challenge Harvard students to a Kendo sparring session...
...Hashimoto then delved into world issues, sharing his opinions about market economies, currency exchange and international relations...
...didn't know the extent of the damage. Videotapes of another plant accident were tampered with by a plant official. In 1997 managers at another plant in Tokaimura tried to cover up an explosion that left 37 workers contaminated by radiation. The revelation prompted then Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to declare, "I am so angry, I cannot utter a word." But his apoplexy effected little change...