Word: masaru
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Since the U.S. economy remains basically strong, Treasury officials say the rising yen is Tokyo's issue. And they've convinced Japan's major trading partners of that, not to mention the government of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Everyone, that is, except Masaru Hayami, chief of Japan's central bank, who late last month got into a public spat with Tokyo's powerful Ministry of Finance because the Bank of Japan refuses to lower interest rates or print money to bring the yen back to earth...
Complementing Morita's unusual focus on brand identity were the talents of his co-founder, Masaru Ibuka, the engineering and product-design force behind Sony's inventions. The combination worked well. The two sought to provide the best available technology and quality to the consumer. One of Sony's first products was a transistor radio, produced in 1955. While the transistor was developed by Bell Labs and produced by Western Electric, it was Sony that first used it for a small pocket radio, in 1957, creating a new market in the bargain...
...fellowships. Others include Fannie Flono of The Charlotte Observer; Rhef Beyoung-Gyu of The Hankook Ilbo in Seoul, Korea; Pippa Green of The Sunday Independent in Johannesburg, South Africa; Martin Holguin of El Imparcial in Hermosillo, Mexico; Malou Mangahas of The Manila Times; Ilka Piepgras of the Berliner Zeitung; Masaru Soma of The Sankei Shimbum in Sendai, Japan; Dan Stoica of Radio Romana in Bucharest, and Sun Yu of China Environment News in Beijing...
...journey on foot. I was dazed and shocked by the destruction around me. My guide led me through the ravaged area right to the front door of where I needed to go, whereupon he thanked me for the honor of escorting me and left. To my mind this man, Masaru Katagawa, epitomizes the noble spirit of Japan...
...comfort during our often perilous journey on foot. I was dazed and shocked by the destruction around me. My guide led me through the ravaged area to where I needed to go, whereupon he thanked me for the honor of escorting me and left. To my mind this man, Masaru Katagawa, epitomizes the noble spirit of Japan. Jeanette Hamber Osaka, Japan Seismologists didn't expect such a devastating earthquake. Citizens of Kobe and Osaka were not well prepared, and many were crushed to death inside their old wooden homes. Despite the misery, the people of Kobe say ``Shoganai...