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...paring down to about half of its 110 group firms, and slashing unprofitable international and domestic routes. JAL's shares - which hit an all-time low of 3 yen Tuesday afternoon from a high of 213 last March - will also be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Kazuo Inamori, founder of technology company Kyocera, is expected to take over from JAL's president Haruka Nishimatsu, who resigned on Tuesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Airlines Files for Bankruptcy | 1/19/2010 | See Source »

...study in grey.” Debussy’s vision of grey is not flat or dull; instead, it is a tone that remains mysterious, though it partially reveals itself in beautiful and distinct flashes. In the same manner, this delicate nuance of a singular emotional mode underlies Kazuo Ishiguro’s first collection of stories, itself entitled “Nocturnes.” But in lieu of Debussy’s tonal complexity or depth, Ishiguro’s collection merely evokes a neatly executed cadenza, which, though brilliant, only skims the surface of its characters?...

Author: By Sophie O. Duvernoy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ishiguro Releases an Accomplished But Mild Collection | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

Short-listed for the man Booker Prize for four out of his six novels, of which one, The Remains of the Day, won in 1989, Kazuo Ishiguro is the undisputed genius of vagueness, threshold states and constantly shifting surfaces. Now he has turned his attention to the short story for the first time. Nocturnes, subtitled "Five Stories of Music and Nightfall," was written, Ishiguro said in a recent interview, as a unified, organic project from beginning to end. It is much like a novel and unlike most short-story collections, which tend to be a gathering of work published elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Endings | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...policy circles believe that the U.S. has a mission to spread democracy around the globe, an increasing number of Japanese are keen to seed the world with their ideals. One key principle is an ability to modernize without losing its roots. "The history of Japan in modern times," says Kazuo Ogoura, president of the Japan Foundation, "is to have achieved advanced economic progress and democratic maturity without having abandoned cultural identity and traditions." Environmental protection is another cherished value in a country that is home to the Kyoto Protocol. "The leaders of Japanese industry are aware that climate change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Reaches Out | 11/20/2008 | See Source »

...Sleep habits have a huge impact on human health," says the study's lead author, Dr. Kazuo Eguchi of Jichi Medical University in Tochigi, Japan. Past studies have linked improper sleep habits - sleeping either too little or too much - to disorders such as obesity and diabetes as well as a higher risk of heart attacks and premature death. (See TIME's A-Z Health Guide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Little Sleep Adds to Risks of Hypertension | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

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