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...SILVER CYLINDRICAL EDIFICE OF Shibuya 109 (Ichi-maru-kyu in Japanese) shines like a beacon to Japan's teen fashionistas, who journey here every day like the faithful to a holy site. An eight-story, freewheeling, techno-pumping madhouse of 110 boutiques selling clothing, shoes and accessories, Maru Kyu, as it's popularly known, is the one-stop fashion mecca for Tokyo's high-school-girl hipsters, who not only pump billions into Japan's economy each year but also drive trends in hemlines, hair color and heel height from Singapore to Shanghai and beyond. In less than a decade...
...Sinking Feeling U.S. submarine, the Greeneville, struck and sank the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat, off the Hawaiian coast on Feb. 9. Nine Japanese, including four teenage students, died in what amounted to a joyride for the sub, complete with maneuvers conducted for civilians who had donated money to the Navy. The Japanese public was further outraged when the sub's commander, though reprimanded, was not court-martialed. The Navy, after admitting responsibility, is now negotiating compensation with the families of the dead...
...Japanese woman on Okinawa by a U.S. serviceman once again sparked an outcry against the continued presence of 47,000 U.S. troops in the country. Further, for many Japanese citizens, Pearl Harbor recalls not the surprise attack of a half-century ago but the accidental sinking of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing trawler, by a U.S. Navy submarine earlier this year. News accounts of the film's U.S. premiere in Pearl Harbor focused on the proximity of the Navy carrier, on which the celebrations were held, to the spot where the Japanese boat was sunk. "I can't imagine...
...half-century ago but the accidental sinking of a Japanese fishing boat by a U.S. Navy submarine earlier this year. Japanese TV coverage of the film's U.S. premiere focused on the proximity of the Navy carrier on which the celebrations were held to the spot where the Ehime Maru was sunk. "I can't imagine why they had to hold it there, and so soon after the incident," says Masami Inoue, a lawyer representing families of victims who drowned in the accident. "It is unthinkably callous...
RESIGNED. SCOTT WADDLE, 41, skipper of the submarine Greeneville, which sank the Japanese trawler Ehime Maru, killing nine; from the U.S. Navy, with full rank and pension; in Honolulu. A court of inquiry ruled that Waddle had breached proper procedure in the hours preceding the accident, but officials decided against a court-martial...