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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...there is an unexpected bright spot. Sales of minicars-tiny, inexpensive vehicles powered by glorified motorcycle engines-rose 5.2% last year to reach 2.02 million, a record high. More than one out of every three cars sold in Japan in 2006 was a mini, or kei, making the country by far the biggest market in the world for these runty runabouts. Offering affordability-most are in the $10,000 price range-and impressive fuel economy of around 20 km per liter, Hello Kitty-cute kei could play a big role in the future of Japanese transport. "It's a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Incredible Shrinking Car Market | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...Make no mistake, kei are dinky even compared with conventional subcompacts. The popular Daihatsu Move, for example, is 28% smaller on the outside than BMW's iconic Mini. Social and demographic trends in Japan-a country known for its affinity for bonsai and miniature electronics-appear to favor tiny, frugal cars. Young people are postponing or forgoing marriage and children, lessening demand for family-sized autos. For retirement-age baby boomers, minis make practical second vehicles; they are especially favored by obasans, older housewives like Yamamoto who have been the kei's most faithful customers. In Japan's less prosperous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Incredible Shrinking Car Market | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

...also ejected. Last Thursday Dick Bevetta, a 32-year league veteran, rushed across the court to call a tech on Houston Rockets forward Juwan Howard in Game 6 of the Rockets-Jazz series. This call was particularly confounding since Utah's Mehmet Okur, not Howard, had instigated a mini-scuffle after the Houston forward committed a tough, but not intentional, foul. Last weekend, referee Bob Delaney went so far as to call a technical on Phoenix Suns assistant coach Mark Iavaroni at midcourt during halftime. And even before the playoffs, longtime ref Joey Crawford grabbed headlines when he kicked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Flagrant Foul on the Refs | 5/13/2007 | See Source »

...think that more than anything, I just want to know that I’m not the only one who feels this way. If we all go through the same daily mini-dilemmas, maybe we can collectively devise our answer, where we draw our moral line as a campus and as a generation. Families too poor to afford a life-saving mosquito net should demand no less...

Author: By Jarret A. Zafran | Title: That Constant Gnawing Guilt | 5/11/2007 | See Source »

What's next: Writing another film and acting in an HBO mini-series about John Adams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Downtime: Downtime: May 14, 2007 | 5/9/2007 | See Source »

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