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...International Monetary Fund with an earlier pledge to provide the organization with up to $100 billion. The G-20 upped the contribution to $500 billion to help emerging countries that are in dire economic straits. "The IMF's fiscal foundation has been strengthened - a very welcomed development," says Yasuhisa Kawamura, deputy press secretary for Japan's foreign ministry. "Japan took the lead toward that goal and we're very happy that our partners joined the call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Reprieve for Japan's Embattled Leader? | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

...encountered were interested in summer programs rather than term-time study. “It’s the opposite at other schools,” she said, adding that it was unfortunate because the IHP only offers semester programs. Other tables advertised cultural immersion exchanges, such as the Kawamura Fellowship, which offers a fully sponsored five-week trip to Japan, South Korea and Thailand, promoting international exchange. “It’s kind of hard for students to believe that this sort of program exists,” said Austin Oehlerking, representing the fellowship...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Look Abroad at Fair | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...already crowded streets of our cities. We throw away our cell phones within a year and replace them with the latest models so that we can show off to our friends. Let's not leave it up to the government or technology to solve environmental issues for us. Makiko Kawamura Urayasu, Japan All Eyes on Iran Peter Beinart's "Stop Obsessing about Iran" [Jan. 29] was unconvincing. Iraq's Shi'ite community could indeed form a fifth column in Iraq or at least form new alliances with Iran. Beinart observed that Iraq's Shi'ites have never launched a secessionist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...already crowded streets of our cities. We throw away our cell phones within a year and replace them with the latest model so that we can show off to our friends. Let's not leave it up to the government or technology to solve environmental issues for us. Makiko Kawamura Urayasu, Japan

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Crowded Field Hits the Campaign Trail | 2/13/2007 | See Source »

...cold snap that destroyed as much as three-quarters of the state's citrus and hit nearly every other winter crop, from avocados to strawberries. The total cost to farmers could surpass the $700 million lost during a three-day freeze in December 1998, state agriculture secretary A.G. Kawamura said on Monday, the day before Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger asked for federal disaster relief from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Get Ready for an Orange Crunch | 1/17/2007 | See Source »

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