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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...FULL METAL ALCHEMIST By Arakawa Hiromu A long awaited 9-volume manga series that tells the story of young brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric who attempt to use the science of alchemy to bring their mother back to life, with life changing and action packed results. (June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telescoping | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

...chaotic days following the end of World War II, Hiromu Nonaka went to work for the sales department of the Osaka railway. The man who may become Japan's next Prime Minister impressed his bosses so much that they made him a supervisor. Then one night Nonaka overheard a worker say something so upsetting that he quit his job. Bitter and determined, he returned to his hometown of Sonobe, where he ran for a seat on the town council, beginning a remarkable political career that has taken him to the inner circle of Japan's political Elite. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Head of the Pack | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...rise to the top job in the land: it would certainly do more to blunt discrimination than any legislation. And that worker who insulted Nonaka all those years ago may now want to reverse his assessment of the former supervisor. In Sonobe he may be a burakumin; in Tokyo, Hiromu Nonaka is flying high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Head of the Pack | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

These days Takeshita's old office? complete with its watercolor of Izumo shrine?is occupied by Mikio Aoki, an LDP heavyweight who hails from the same prefecture as Takeshita. But, having little clout and less charisma, Aoki is no Takeshita. He's competing for influence with Hiromu Nonaka?another Gang of Five member and Prime Minister-wannabe, who belongs to the largest party faction (led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wanted: One Prime Minister | 3/4/2001 | See Source »

...they say, and the session was on the record. More likely, the episode revealed that Kato is a creature of the very habits - decision-making behind closed doors - that he claims to want to change. He can take comfort from one thing. The LDP's most powerful deal-maker, Hiromu Nonaka, said the result doesn't mean Mori has the support of his party. In the end, Kato probably laid the groundwork for somebody else to push Mori aside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Japan's Leader Almost Toppled by Sake and Grilled Fish? | 11/24/2000 | See Source »

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