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...Dastardly Dynasts Your essay, "Heirs Apparent" [Oct. 1], made me think deeply about the future of Japan and reminded me of the medieval past: in the Heian period, a warrior class descended from rural peasants diminished the power of rich ruling families. History shows that the privileged and protected can't evade changing times forever. Masaaki Otani, Tadotsu, Japan...
...dirty. China alone is building a coal plant a week for the next five years, locking in vast levels of carbon dioxide emissions. It would be a big step just to get these economies to the same efficiency and relative cleanliness of developed-world energy systems. Coal plants in Japan, for instance, operate with an efficiency of 40% or better, while Chinese plants are generally much lower. Closing that gap could make a difference - but again, the sheer scale of that growth requires far more. "We need to develop that leapfrog attitude for developing countries," said Jose Goldemberg, the panel...
...piece very professionally. The overture moved into a calm interlude—the flutes were no longer shrieking, but humming—and finally resolved into a rousing coda. Following the Overture, suspense mounted as the audience waited for violinist Goto to emerge. With a bestselling debut CD in Japan, collaborations with countless orchestras and renowned musicians, and a regularly broadcast Fuji TV documentary entitled “Ryu Goto’s Odyssey,” Goto is already internationally acclaimed.The selection of Paganini’s Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra in D Major...
...alongside the U.S. to refer Tehran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council. And they oppose India being drawn closer to the U.S. strategic orbit, staging mass demonstrations last month against India's involvement in joint naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal with the U.S., Australia and Japan...
...remains almost entirely composed of white players. That has sparked passionate debate over whether rugby's national squads should replicate the socio-ethnic demographics of the societies they represent. A laudable goal for all nations on earth, perhaps, but one that would make those four New Zealanders playing for Japan a little tough to explain...