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...personal computer was shipped last week, according to Gartner Group and Intel. Although it took over 25 years to reach this milestone, the next billion should sell in just six years, with high demand in China, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Reform Lost in the Mail Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was forced to compromise on deregulating postal services, which he made a litmus test for larger reforms. A public postal corporation will be formed, but the effort to introduce competition has been returned to sender. The Flow Slows Money may make the world go round, but cash itself...
...MUNEO SUZUKI, 54, influential but unpopular Japanese legislator, who for years was a Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight at the Foreign Ministry, for alleged bribery; in Tokyo. Suzuki's power struggle with Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka led to her sacking this January, which severely dented the popularity of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Officials allege Suzuki accepted a $40,000 kickback from a Hokkaido logging company. DIED. FRITZ WALTER, 81, captain of the first German football team to win the World Cup (in 1954), an achievement that helped ease Germany's pariah status following World War II; in Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Germany. During...
...charts despite marketing snafu. Word-of-mouth works if the language is foul enough LING ZHUO First-ever Miss China named second runner-up in Miss Universe pageant, then attacks Miss Taiwan for claiming to be an "independent woman" KIM DAE JUNG, JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI Beleaguered leaders of Korea and Japan hold hands during World Cup ceremonies. Crowd loves it. Candlelight dinner is scheduled Losers LANCE BASS Russians say they're not sure 'N Syncer is fit to be next space tourist. Music world disagrees, and backs plan to launch him into the void KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK Norway's PM nabbed...
...That's hardly the sort of consumer confidence Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet is hoping to inspire. While the rest of Asia is showing strong signs of an economic rebound, Japan remains mired in its third recession since 1990. Getting the uncertain domestic consumer to start spending again is crucial to a lasting recovery. That's why even the most tentatively positive statistical signals are being viewed eagerly as light at the end of the tunnel?as happened last month when Koizumi aide Jun Saito declared that Japan had "hit bottom and from here on in we can expect...
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi vaulted to power on a reformist message, vowing to refashion the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and change Japan. He won unprecedented support and fawning adoration from a public hungry for a new way of doing things. Everyone from economists to housewives seemed to agree that the country needed a good dose of shock therapy. Why then, does reform in Japan seem dead...