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...just that the elderly are living longer, healthier lives. They are living them differently ... In some places it seems a wholly different, more leisurely universe, full of choices and passions long delayed. There is Hulda Crooks, 91, who has climbed 97 mountains since she turned 65, most recently Mount Fuji in Japan. And Dentist James Jay, 74, who finished, along with 51 other septuagenarians and four octogenarians, that 26-mile ribbon of pain, the New York City Marathon ... But these days, many of those over 65 who prepared themselves for a life of leisure found they were...
...resort area of Hakone is blessed with a location at the base of Mount Fuji. A speedy train takes you from Tokyo to the town of Hakone Yumoto, where you transfer to a tram that zigs and zags into the mountains. Since its founding in 1878, the Fujiya Hotel fujiyahotel.co.jp in the hamlet of Miyanoshita has attracted foreign visitors, among them General Douglas MacArthur and John Lennon. Sepia-tinted Western charm--afternoon tea, French cuisine, decor like your Great Aunt Minnie's--infuses the famed institution. Across the street, the Naraya Inn (81-460-2-2411) offers more...
...question is: Who is killing them? As the deaths began to mount, the government at first blamed Muslim separatists. A group calling itself the Pattani Islam Mujahadeen grabbed attention by posting the bounty for cop killings. But the Mujahadeen have never made any political demands, and some doubt they even exist. Vairoj says they do, and claims he made contact with them in the jungle. A few, he says, have received combat training in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dangerous as this group may be, however, almost no one believes there are enough Mujahadeen in Thailand to have wreaked all this mayhem...
...drive east of Nagasaki on the Shimabara peninsula lies a little bit of hell on earth. The hot springs at Jigoku (Japanese for "hades") have been popular with tourists since the 19th century when socialites from Vladivostok, Shanghai and Hong Kong summered and simmered at the resorts located along Mount Unzen's volcanic peaks. With waters as hot as 98 98?C, the pools can poach an egg in just a few minutes. Breakfast is not the only thing that has been cooked. In 1627, the lord of the Shimabara clan boiled 30 Christians alive. Peasants teamed up with local...
...loophole in the agreement between Japanese baseball and the major leagues: if a player retired, he was free to play for whomever he wished. Nomo announced his retirement and promptly struck a deal with the Dodgers, and all Japan reacted as if he'd blown a hole in Mount Fuji. The Buffaloes' general manager resigned. Nomo's parents wept and begged him to come home. Nomura's mother and stepfather, legendary catcher Katsuya Nomura, broke off all relations with their...