Word: hokkaido
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...kwondo, jeet kune do, capoeira and "many of the esoteric brands between," outfought the duo with a cherry-red Gibson and plunged back into Tokyo's pulsating streets. His mission: to figure out what a little bird had to do with the deaths of a night porter in Hokkaido and the country's most beloved rock star...
...thieves will be sorely tempted by the ever-widening array of mechanically vendable goods. Fujitaka has created a machine that looks like a department store window and can sell everything from books to clothing. Hokkaido-based Handa Kikai Kigu is about to begin marketing the nation's first cotton candy vending machine. (How many times have you had a hankering for cotton candy and found no vendors?or carnivals?in site? None? Oops, perhaps Handa Kikai Kigu didn't do the market research on this one?or maybe, in Japan, if there's a product, there...
...phones. Will 3G be greeted with a similar yawn? DoCoMo is putting on a brave face, insisting it will be the first 3G provider on the planet. Its big competitor these days: the Isle of Man (pop. 73,000). Think of it: video conferencing between the Irish Sea and Hokkaido will soon be a snap...
...Japan: rote memory. You learn the hand motions for each song, in order. You can be a leader or, more likely, a follower. The moves are dictated by those magazines and parapara videos, which means that the dance going on in Kyushu is the same as that in Hokkaido. It sounds incredibly easy except for this final fact: there are 1,600 songs to memorize...
...Democratic parties. They have more things in common than not. Nader may not have achieved his goal of getting 5% of the vote, but it's nice to know that the seeds of change are sprouting underground, soon to be ready for their chance in the sun. CHRISTINE DESJARDINS Hokkaido, Japan...