Word: junichiro
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...thrumming through her, a pause. It's not the best place for a nap, but it will have to do. The 54-year-old was up late last night, after all, resplendent in a gold gown and sparkling diamond earrings, hosting a state dinner for Japan's Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi?his visit testimony to an international profile that has been radically elevated since Sept. 11 and is now cresting with the arrival of American troops in the south...
...Junichiro Koizumi An outsider with personality. An idol with great hair. The longtime pol positioned himself as a challenger to the dry bureaucrats that have overseen Japan's decade-long slump. Desperate for change, the public overwhelmingly backed him. Which could be why he retains popular support, despite still festering economic problems, reforms yet to be enacted and still empty promises of better days...
...Shortly after Masako's pregnancy was announced, there was a flurry of discussion about changing imperial laws to scrap the requirement that a male take the throne. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi himself said he thought it was a good idea. But last month, a leading Liberal Democratic Party politician, Taro Aso, said such discussion was premature. "We are not at a point where we can assume that no boys will be born in the future," Aso said. Of course, that was before the birth of the princess. The next round of royal debate has begun: Can Japan tolerate an Empress...
...Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) succeeded in making the trans-language voyage simply by being one of the 20th century's greatest writers. A dazzling storyteller, his The Makioka Sisters, Shunkin, Some Prefer Nettles and The Key are all masterpieces. Unfortunately, The Gourmet Club (Kodansha International; 201 pages), a miscellany of six self-described short stories culled from a bottom drawer of the Tanizaki tansu, does not display the sensei at the top of his talents. Yet each of the pieces does reveal the characteristic marks and quirks of his oeuvre, both his genius and his grotesqueries, ranging from the mildly...
...beatnik compared with others in Tokyo's halls of power, but Inose advocates an end to free love for Japan's public companies. A writer on history and politics, Inose, 55, has been tapped to serve on a panel of outside advisers assigned by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to plot ways to privatize corporations in government-controlled industries such as construction and banking. Inose says many of these companies are "parasites" that saddle the government with debt and make it difficult for efficient competitors to thrive...