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Corporate mergers in Japan are usually less than scintillating, proceeding as predictably as a Kabuki play. Executives of two companies?one strong, the other in dire financial straits?typically retreat behind closed doors to broker a deal, usually with little input from shareholders but plenty from the government. All too frequently, these secretive, stage-managed bailouts put a priority not on maximizing profits, increasing shareholder value or reforming busted business models but on preserving jobs (especially those of the managers themselves), promoting "stability" and maintaining the status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wedding Crasher | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

...Human Comedy." She was a smash as an amnesiac chanteuse in the off-Broadway "Song of Singapore," as the obsessive jilted lover in Stephen Sondheim's "Passion" and as a dark-hued Anna in the 1996 Broadway revival of "The King and I." Here she uses her kabuki face to all manner of deadpan delight, then goes into giddy spasms in the dance numbers. She's Buster Keaton in repose, Diane Keaton in motion. Her and the show's peak moment comes when she reluctantly teaches the conga to six randy sailors from the Brazilian Navy. The number, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Bravo! Encores! | 6/12/2004 | See Source »

Indulge those feline companions with sushi-style treats, available at trixieandpeanut.com under the name Izzy Yum Yum Kitty Kabuki Snacks. Have a dog's stocking to stuff? You'll find every kind of toy (tugging, flying, plush, rubber) at cleanrun.com Our favorite: the flying squirrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Shopping Guide: Welcome To The Surf Shop | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...Theater: Kabuki Gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma Feels The Heat | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

...Theater: Kabuki Gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Full Denim Jacket | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

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